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Portugal's last victory was in a 1975 friendly in France, after which France won all ten of the subsequent meetings. If you're on a personal connection you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it's not affected by malware. In the 56th minute, João Mario's cross was headed behind by Samuel Umtiti and Quaresma's subsequent corner was headed clear by Evra. Translated as "Beautiful Game", the official match ball features the letters E – U – R – O and the figures 2 – 0 – 1 – 6 as a helpful reminder to the players as to what tournament they will be taking part in. On 11 June, violent clashes erupted in the streets of the same city before and after the Group B match between England and Russia that ended in a 1–1 draw.

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It is the first time in the competition's history that there has been a different ball for the knockout rounds. After a few selfies and a lot of jumping around, Ronaldo lifts the trophy, screams with delight and starts kissing it. The format was the same as the one which was applied to the 1986, 1990, and 1994 FIFA World Cups, except for the absence of a third place play-off. It was a long overdue honour, and elation at the end of the years of frustration was easy to see, not just in the celebrations inside Stade de France but back home, where Lisbon came to a standstill.UEFA said that this 'coincidence' was not their responsibility because the name was selected by fan voting. The Bronze Boot was awarded to Olivier Giroud, who scored one goal in the group stage and two in the knockout phase, as well as providing two assists; compatriot Dimitri Payet amassed the same tally, but played 50 more minutes than Giroud. In September 2011, during UEFA's first full strategy meeting, Michel Platini proposed a qualification format involving two group stages, but the member associations did not accept the proposal. All the matches at Euro 2016 were played in front of fervent fans and, while that trouble in Marseille when England played Russia must not be ignored, this was a tournament in which most supporters mixed on friendly terms.

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There were 51 matches and 22 were goalless at half-time, although excitement was provided by the trend of late goals, with 20 coming in the 85th minute or later. Pre-tournament concerns included heavy flooding of the River Seine in Paris, [113] and strikes in the transport sector shortly before the beginning of the event. Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Notícias suggested the victory was "the greatest moment in the history of Portuguese football", [59] and A Bola announced every Portugal player to be a "hero".The second half of the match was goalless, as were the two halves of extra time, so the game went to a penalty shoot-out.