Portugal Were NOT Supposed To Win The UEFA Euros | An Underdog Story
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- Against all the odds and in incredible fashion, Portugal won the 2016 UEFA European Championship. In a lot of ways, it's a victory that defied logic.
How did this happen?
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00:00 - Introduction
02:30 - Failure to Launch
07:27 - Disappointment and controversy
16:01 - Fernando Santos Arrives
20:08 - The 2016 UEFA Euros
29:39 - The aftermath
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Producer: Tinashe Chipako
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*They only won 1 game in 90 minutes...
That's honestly crazy
The Ronaldo effect
Nani - CR7 - Quaresma was a trio that went hard on FIFA tho ngl. They all have 5* 5*
So basically Cote D'ivoire copied their homework but added a little spice to it @FootballIconic
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
Funny thing, a year later Eder went on to play for Lokomotiv Moscow and despite not being a prolific goal scorer by any standard, he managed to score the desicive goal that brought the club its first league title in 14 years. Eder's career was literally "scores the most important goals, refuses to elaborate and leaves"
Dude is the robert horry of soccer/football
Reminds me of Divock Origi in how clutch he was, though Origi had better finishing
20:00
@@mccajakeorigi was better overall though
@@jakearrow8047 absolutely, he was quality at times and such a good finisher
Portugal lost in 2000 and in 2004 spectacularly and won in 2016 unspectacularly. It is what it is.
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
Same with Chelsea
And still not deserved. It is what it is.
@@mtothev4549 your opinion. It's not a beauty contest, it's football. Won fair and square.
@@mtothev4549not deserved ?
WTF
Best moment of the whole tournament for me is a Portuguese fan screaming: "chuta daí, caralho"
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
bruh you talking about wrong doings? search "platini corruption"@@dragon_ball_sucks_video
Ahahaha no golo do Éder 😂
PORTUGAL CARALHO!!!
@@dragon_ball_sucks_videothat rule wasnt even enforced back then do u even watch football
you're stupid if you really think that@@cat-xv1bi
Now that I think about it, Eders story is such a unique one. Martin Tyler’s commentary said it best: “the striker who rarely scores, scores the biggest goal in the history of the Portuguese national team.”
Before then, nobody knew him. After that, nobody talked about him. He just popped up, and did what Ronaldo, Figo, Rui Costa, Eusebio, Nani etc didn’t do. Score the winning goal in a final. Incredible really
He was a young prodigy in his early years. Fast, strong and technically gifted, but he had a couple of nasty injuries very early on that side-tracked his career
I was a baby at the time so I don't remember it, but from what my parents told me, the 2004 Euros were very painful for the country. At home, and we lose in the final to Greece. And after that, the hope for a international trophy was very low, as the golden generation of Figo, Rui Costa and Deco (and others) was gone.
But then this tournament happened. The squad was nowhere near the squad we have now, but our manager said they were only coming back home after a month. And it happened.
That Eder goal is legendary. A whole country united. A beautiful moment. Will never forget it.
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
I thought you were 8 years old for a second
What is Eder up to, nowadays?
@@qkomodo9098 No idea, he's disappeared from the earth
@@qkomodo9098I think he retired not too long ago
The streets will never forget that Eder banger of a goal...
That was probably the craziest EURO in my lifetime
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
@@dragon_ball_sucks_video 2016 to bylo jedyne euro kiedy wierzylem ze polska moze dojsc do finalu
It was the most boring tournament I can consciously remember, and I have clear memories of watching everything since the 2002 WC
@@frankejk fart + brak wylewów = szansa na sukcess
Nah it was boring as fuck 😂
Am I the only one thinking we need a football iconic video on Chile's golden generation wining two copa americas back to back?🤔
Definitely! So many great stories to tell here. Almost 100 years waiting for the first title and then winning it twice in the exact same manner against their biggest rivals and huge favorites... It's worth a video
That 7-0 win against Mexico in the ‘16 semis 🔥🔥🔥
the best player in our team, at least in my opinion and many other portuguese, was Ruí Patrício. the man was so overlooked but he is the one and only reason anything happened. he was the best player in the final and it wasnt even close no matter what fifa says, he saved us vs poland, kept bales longs shots all out, and was actually one of the main leaders for most of the time. he IS the reason we have a trohpy at all, and i dont see many people giving him the credit.
E por isso ele tem uma estátua em Leiria, mais nenhum jogador tem isso pela prestação no Euro. Foi dos melhores
@@FSousA7X 100%. Os portugueses (na maioria) concordam que foi o nosso melhor jogador, mas a maioria das pessoas fora de portugal não falam dele. Como foi neste video aq
@@guizu93 Sim, é verdade, até me admirei muito ele nunca ter ido para uma grande equipa europeia, mas como sportinguista e português sobretudo, estou grato
Provavelmente por causa da barraca que ele deu contra a Hungria.
Normally i dont comment bro, but i just got home tired from a long work day only to eat something, light my blunt and havesomething to watch. Soon as i open youtube there u are with a new 30 min(!) video. This right here man, … is called happiness. 😂 im gonna sit back, enjoy. Keep up the good work broski!!!!
My guy! 👊
This channel takes me back to when I was a kid watching those sky sports shows that showed historical football stories. Always happy to watch one of these
As a portuguese, till this day, every time i watch a video about 2016 Euros, i still cant hold the tears. You did an amazing job with this video, I would only like to add something that Fernando Santos said that was really the turning point for the whole nation.
During the group stage (i think it was after the Austria game) the portuguese media and the portuguese people were completely mad and in disbelief with the poor performances. Everybody was trashing Santos and the national team altogether. But during the press conference after the Austria or Hungary game, Santos said "Eu só vou para casa dia 11, e vou ser recebido em festa. Vou ficar cá muito tempo." which translated means "I will only go home in the 11th of July, and I will be received with a party. I will be here for a long time.". AND THIS, especially after the win against Croacia, made everybody believe it was possible, and I mean everybody in Portugal. From the people, to the press. Suddenly we could not care if the football was ugly or not. We even created a song saying exactly that. Winning was what mattered the most. This was something that no manager was able to do, the nation was united, the players were united and we could feel it.
This was truly a fairytale, feels like yesterday that I was in the center of my city with thousands of people watching the final, and pretty much everybody was in tears after Ronaldo left the game injured. Followed by angry people like me after Santos decided to sub Renato Sanches for Eder, saying Eder was not the kind of player to play the final. And oh boy was I wrong.
Thank you for this amazing video
Cringe af
@@famousmortimer7933 😂🤣😅
@@famousmortimer7933jealous crybaby
O gajo comprou tabaco para o mes inteiro e ficou lá o mes inteiro
it was a fairytale. portugal fixed the tournament. they shouldnt have won
The euro 2016 final is one of the reasons international tournaments can’t be beat. I’m looking forward to the euros this summer. I’ve already ate with the AFCON and I want more. Great video.
Euro 2021 was wild. 2022 WC was excellent, I’m glad I got to finally see my national team win a trophy. Can’t wait for the euros this summer and Copa America. Vamos Argentina!
@@Mac10Demarco I agree as a french that the WC 2022 was very good
Santos will always have the respect and gratitude of Portuguese fans, anyone abusing him is out of order for what he achieved in his first years. At the same time, the football and results declined massively from 2018 onwards, when it should have gone to the next level with the amount of talent that came through.
Youre smoking, most portuguese people i know. As im portuguese and literally live in portugal, despise the man, for good reason. He helped us win a euro, sure thats amazing. But how terrible we were since is almost unforgivable. Prime ronaldo, bernado silva, bruno fernandes, i mean i could go on, and our results are consistently lackluster.
@@jigglebiggle2799Ronaldo wasn’t in his prime in 2018 or in 2022
@samplingmastersxlr8660 in 2018 he was in prime
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
@@yuvrajroy7555 perhaps
this was the first international tournament i ever watched, and now even as an American unless they’re playing the US i will forever root for the Portuguese. what a special tournament, coach Cris really had our hearts
I was watching the game during my vacations on the south of Portugal with my grandparents and cousins and when Éder scored that goal I literally started crying because I could not believe what I have seen, our "worst player" at the squad (with all due respect for Lord Éder) scoring the leading goal against host France, in their country, on their stadium... I couldn't watch the game any longer, i just placed my elbows on the balcony and looked down as my family kept watching the game, I was just listening and crying all the time, saying to myself - I cannot belive this! I cannot believe this is happening- I kept remembering the Euro 04 when I watched Greece raising the trophy that was meant to us...
After the final whistle I just kept crying more because all of that frustration in 04 came to a beautiful end in a match against all odds.
Man, one of my best football moments in my life...
wow! que filha da puta de momento! eu perdi a minha mãe nesse ano e foi uma espécie de recompensa do universo. Se algum dia passar pelo Éder digo-lhe isso.
2016 KO football Cedric was one of the strangest phenomenons in the sport's history
He waited his whole career to cook, did for 4 games and was never that good again
Yeah he's probably the best definition of an average player
@@Uncle.everything What? Why does messi matter? Cedric is in fact average
Everyone forgets the hero story of Rui Patricio the goalkeeper of Portugal, who made incredible saves tru out the tour, especially in the finals
The information this man digs through to make a quality video is insane you go back to 1930 to make a football video, respect ❤
I remember watching this match back in the day with my old lady, now my mom did not give a rats care about football but for some reason, she just decided to support Portugal cause I was supporting them. If only I realized then how precious those moments were. The 2016 Euros were just "you had to be there moment".
Hi, Im portuguese and didnt know at Portugal footbal history, really enjoyed the video. As portuguese Im happy that other nations are more aware of us. But just want add some info. Cr7 injury wasnt an accident, Payet was triyng it from the start, it was a game plan. They played dirty because they were afraid, serves damn right. Just because of that we have saying, E foi o Eder que os fodeu. In Portugal he had its spotlight on tv sport shows. Apreciate your hard work I really like it, and was all emotional when you show Eder scoring, it makes us cry no matter how much we see it.
Love your work Tinashe, Great video!
Some suggestions:
Mourinho’s Inter (To complete the trilogy of Prime Mourinho
Sacchi and Cappelos Milan
How good was Javier Zanneti really?
A full video about Euro 2000
Zambia AFCON 2012
Spain 08-12
Mourinho’s Porto
France World Cup 1998 and Euro 2000
Germany World Cup 2014
Once again, great work and cheers!
Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal videos!!!
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
Another video: We need to talk about Inter
If we're doing more continental competition fairy tale runs, i suggest Iraq's 2007 Asian Cup as well
To be fair or Éder when he played in the portuguese league he was known for scoring a lot of goals like these, seemingly little chance or reason to go for a goal, or whenever everyone was expecting him to slow the pace and hold possession, he'd just go for a goal and score. I think he used his strength and balance well in all the goals I've witnessed, that's why he is in the national team. A valuable target man up front that can keep the ball and get you a goal on a seemingly dead play. Sadly his not so consistent form didn't let him have an accomplished career as a national team player but he was one of my favorite players.
Its so cool that both GOATS dragged their respective national teams to glory
ronaldo did, messi not so much considering conmebol and fifa gave him 4 copa america's in 6 years and gave him a world cup
@@l0c0k0k0yeah, those goals he scored in the final eh
Phew………. Breathless just thinking about them
@@l0c0k0k0in all seriousness, Messi and Ronaldo were and are the greatest
Love them both and grateful
To have seen them in their prime !
Winning golden ball and still getting dragged is insane bro 🤓
@@l0c0k0k0fun fact even if messi won those tournaments still would’ve gone on bcs those tournaments were already scheduled a decade ago u really don’t know how international tournaments u don’t js give international tournaments out hs for the sake of it u gotta announce it before hand to give the host country time to prepare for it ffs u don’t give euros,copa america, and a wc with 3 years to go u js can’t bcs stadiums have to be built, others remodeled and that takes time in the recent wc the stadiums were still being built months before the wc started
Let's get my man to a million Subs please. This is by far one of the best channels for football retrospectives.
your channel is one of the few channels in which i have to watch all of the videos. i just know whatever you’re uploading is gonna be quality and entertaining
I watched the game at work. I'm a nurse. It was an afternoon shift that ended at 9 pm. We all ordered take out, some beers and we stayed there, in our nursinf uniforms watching the game. It was one of the happiest days of my life. The game ended, and I worked in Montijo (south bank of the Tejo River). I took my car, crossed Vasco da Gama Bridge (18km) in like 10 min, parked the car near the subway, took a subway downtown and celebrated with everyone all night. The next day I was working again but I couldn't care less. Memorable. Unforgettable. Major bucket list goal checked out. After Euro 2004, I never thought this could happen to us. One of the most beautiful and happy days of my 34 going on 35 years! ❤
I appreciate the research you put into this and your other videos, and the great storytelling. It was really a wild Euro win for Portugal.
Amazing piece man! Always appreciate the depth of knowledge shared in these videos. Keep it up!
What a great video and story! I didn't know half of this stuff! Thank you!
Thanks!😇🤗😁 Youre AWESOME!!! KEEP IT UP!!!
Appreciate that a lot! Thank you !
We are still mad about that penalty błaszczykowski missed, keeper wasnt on the line
Football Iconic dropping video just as i was looking for something to watch while eating. My man always coming clutch 🔥🔥😪. Great video as always. Keep up the incredible work❤
Man I love this kind of videos. Keep on the good work!!
1x Euro, 1x Nations League, 2nd place in euro 04, 3rd place in 66 WC, 3rd Place in Confederations Cup, 4th place in 06 World Cup. It's a so far decent resume for Portugal and most of it was built after 2000.
The biggest thing I think nobody talks about is that in the 3-3 draw versus Hungary in the last minute a Hungarian player called Elek Ákos hit the goal post, if he scored there then Portugal lose the game and will be eliminated in the group stage. It was so close and it would change a lot in recent football history
Love your story telling mate, favourite football CZcamsr on here
From the bottom of my heart I love you and your mini documentaries keep it up bro
Thankyou for this video ❤️
My man is back.
I feel like them winning this Euros ended up being a blessing and curse for them. Coz it meant they couldn't sack Santos but it was still on the other side a fantastic achievement especially coz most people thought that France team had it in the bag. And to do it with just winning 1 game in 90 only adds to it. They had to sweat for every victory. But ultimately I'm sure they won't mind coz they had a generation that should have won Euro 04 so the 16 team was making up for lost time.
Great watch as always bro 🫡🙏🏿👊🏿
It was maybe not entirely deserved in 2016 but when you think of Portugal's tournament runs in 2000, 2004 and 2006, I do feel fate owed them one.
@@pritapp788 Yep 💯 that's why I was laughing that it for sure felt like they were making up lost time especially that 04 team that team falls into the category of great teams to not win something. Very hilarious how football can be funny sometimes coz the 16 team is easily the least talented from those sides (00, 04, 06, 16) but the one that managed to get it over the line 😂👊🏿
We still don’t understand how we won this, the fact that Rui patricio and Pepe were our best 2 players in this competition shows how awful our football was, luckily after an awful group stage finishing third got us on the easiest side of the knockouts and then the final was history, gett dominated by a much better french side and somehow the striker who never scored was very contested how he got called up ended up scoring the most important goal in our history.
Patricio Pepe and Eder our heroes of 2016🇵🇹🏆
Awesome content. Thanks so much.
Love your work Tinashe!
With all the lazy content in Football CZcams being really superficial, this was a breath of fresh air and exactly what I wanted from such a topic. Even teaching me new fascinating things that I never knew of and still condensed in a manageable amount of time. Well done!!!
Absolutely loved this story!! Such a great video. It reminds me of the last Euro winners. Very few people expected Italy to win but they were the dark horse of the tournament. This tournament brings out the best in even the "lowest-rated" teams. I'm excited about what Euro 2024 will bring.
top video needed this after the breakup fr thanks brotha 😊
AMAZING deep dive into Portugal 2016. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️💪💪💪
You are amazing man, great video! Cheers from a portuguese subscriber
Cheers man!
Man love your videos!
Great video!!! Will never forget that evening when we won the euro! All Portugal was partying all night!!! When Eder Scored, in my city we could only listen to crazy celebrations at the balconies and inside people's houses! It was Crazy!!!!
Bro I love the consistency in your videomentaries. I'm emotional rn coz I used to watch your vids with my girlfriend back in 2020. Your vids were part of our downtime. She's not here anymore but the momeries live on. Thank you for your contribution in our story.
Really appreciate that, thank you!
So sorry to hear about that, man. Hope you’re doing well.
Awesome video. I’m looking forward to this years Euro
Well done vid T
Loved the storytelling here
Need more of these please
Great video, that only things I’d add would be Fernando santo’s first interview as the national team manager. He said “We’re going to win the euros” and the whole country laughed at him.
The other thing would probably be to dive a bit deeper about Eder. He was an excellent striker in his early days and was meant to be a serious contender for the ST spot. He suffered from a nasty knee injury very young and that side-tracked his career. Was never the same player since but he was kept around because of his quality pre injury
As someone who was on holiday in Budapest during Hungary's insane 2016 run I would love love to see a video about how magical that was.
This channel is ICONIC.
I remember watching the final.
I had eye surgery some weeks before os my eyes were very sore.
But i was feeling so nervous i had to take a sedative cause i was feeling my eyes popping with my high and pulsating heart rate.
Man, when i saw Ronaldo cry i knew the team would leave their skin on the pitch to play for him. I knew that and they did it.
great video bro
Thanks!
As a portuguese person, this had the be one of the greatest day in my life! A day that i never saw coming , and when it did i counldnt believe it. Thank you for revisiting this day, this truly made me happy . And please always remember: " E foi o Éder que os fudeu !"
Worth noting that there were a big mistakes in this video. The inaugural edition of Euro is taking place in 1960 (not 1958). Portugal lost 3-7 on aggregate during the 1950 World Cup qualifiers. During the 1966 World Cup, Portugal had a 100% record in group stage, winning all 3 group games, including a 3-1 win over Brazil (they didn't draw), while Eusebio scored a quattrick for the country in a 5-3 comeback win over North Korea (not a hattrick). Finally, Portugal also won the U-20 World Cups in 1989 and 1991, which featured key players for the golden generation team (Luis Figo and Rui Costa, particularly). They also played in Euro 1996, going unbeaten in the group stage, including a 3-0 win over eventual 1998 World Cup third place Croatia, before narrowly losing to Karel Poborsky's iconic banger in the quarterfinal against Czechia.
Always a good day when the goat uploads
Always a good day when the goat uploads a video about the true goat
Another aspect of the group stage is that the three draws nearly would have been enough to finish second in the group. When the game against Hungary finished the result in the parallel game Austria Iceland was one one. If it had stayed like this Portugal would have finished second which would have meant they would have met England in the round of last sixteen, France in the quarterfinals and Germany in the semis. After watching the Portuguese game I changed to the other game thinking: If one of the teams scores and Portugal drops to third it might be possible to reach he final. I celebrated Iceland's last minute winner almost as much as the Portuguese goals.
Why do i have to relive this? Im ethnically Croatian. I very much remember this tournament.
As portuguese, i praise your video. Fair and square! Thank you!
The goat beat the script
Excellent video, Portugal is a top team in football, futsal, beach football, roller hockey, etc etc
The way you dictate situations is amazing to listen to.
Amazing video
Amazing video although I only figured out towards the end who was Sulacao 😊
Cédric Soares is still cashing checks with Stan Kroenke's signature on em on the back of this one tournament eight years ago, you simply love to see it
this was beautiful
32 minute BANGER
I think seeing this 2016 Portugal side as one that would simply frustrate the opponent is seriously underselling it.
At some point you have to commend the strong defensive play the team showed. The defensive organization shown by players like Pepe (who was probably the best player in the whole tournament), Fonte, Guerreiro and even an ageing Ricardo Carvalho was something beautiful to behold at times.
As a portuguese myself, yes, it's not as flashy as the Euro 2004 team. But we were sick of getting eliminated while playing attacking football, making an effort to take 20+ shots per match. I'll take the 2016 win any day. For my money, we *were* the best team in pretty much every match we played, because most of the time, the team was in control of the match even if it didn't have possession.
We will never forget how Éder scored on the french and how the portuguese flag wasn't shown on the eiffel tower like it was supposed to, in fact they showed the french flag.
Then they made a petition to repeat the final which didn't happen.
Lost all respect for the french that day.
Little heads up on pronunciation of Portuguese and Spanish my friend:
The double LL in Spanish sounds like the Y in English: Saltillo = "Saltiyo"
And the Ç in Portuguese sounds like an S: Seleção = "Selesao"
The double RR in Portuguese sounds like a strong H = Guerreiro = GueHeiro
And in both languages the E at the end is loud, just like it is in Italian: Fonte = FontEH, Bosque = BoskEH, Conte = ContEH
Thanks! Will do better next time !
Heads up on pronunciation by a portuguese, just minor corrections
The "ç" sounds like a double SS like in maSSive, preSSing and also the "E" is most of the times close mouth sound like "uh"(has a logic but no details needed for now) and open mouth sound like the "A" in pAssive
Ão sound is hard so it's ok to say it like that
So Seleção = Suhlassao
Double RR is the French R, where you have to use the part of the throat that makes sound when they snore, so you go Guerreiro= Gue(snore)eiro
In portuguese, we DON'T say the final E in the words, it was right the pronunciation of the player named José Fonte. In Spanish is different yes
In brasilian portuguese the final E sound might be even close to the English "E" and is not silent like Portugal's portuguese
Go to the translater of google, hearing the bot will help you. As well of learning any language... you get to see how to pronounce and obviously to get to see the translations of words you struggle to remember.
I remember thinking of course France was gonna win that 2016 final (“home field advantage”) and I didn’t even wanna bother watching it so I didn’t. Well that taught me a lesson.
Thanks very much for the video! All those dirty tricks when ENG and MEX hosted. I’m sure glad nobody does those things anymore …
We need more videos like this for "other"(all) national teams.😉
Great video! I think you're forgetting one important reason for Eder's goal. Only a few minutes before the goal, Koscielny got a yellow card for a hand ball. To me, it much looked like Koscielny let go on purpose to avoid a second yellow, probably not believing Eder would shoot from so far out.
And funnily enough, that handball was wrongly attributed to Koscielny, as of all people, Eder was the one to have commited the handball. It happened roughly around a 1 minute and 30 seconds before his goal.
Cant believe this tournament was nearly 10 years ago
In a popular street in my town there are two pretty big "official" graffiti art pieces, one of them is Ronaldo, the other is Eder
Beautiful moment
hey i saw you did like 2 videos about bayern leverkusens historic run so far, but i rarely see anyone speaking about Inter's insane run this season, they only lost 1 match so far. scored like 4-0 vs 3 or 4 different clubs in row. they have some very good players. but they are never spoken about. would love for you to do a deep dive video into Inter or seria A this season.
The day after I couldn't believe what had happened the night before. But it wasn't that we had won, I couldn't believe that it was Éder who scored, something that many said would happen before the game in a joking way, but that actually came true and is still the single most important goal in our long footballing history.
Éder may have faded from sports headlines, but he is still revered here, Lord Éder forever and ever.
I remember that Final. After Payet injured Ronaldo, all of my friends were pissed off and we were wondering if this was the end of the Portuguese fairy tale run. And then out of nowhere, Eder steps up, shoots a shot outside the penalty box and underneath Umtiti and wins it for Portugal and Ronaldo ❤😂
Hope you can make one for Egypt and discuss the reasons behind Egyptian football dilema, contenetial greats and yet to grab thier first win at the world cup even though all of the teams they usually defeat in AFCon most of them thriving every now and then in the world cup
So how is that happening
U gotta dig deep to figure out such a puzzle
But if u do so gonna be a great one bro
I still remember that game. What a game. And the goal scored by the least expected player 😃
Man... You were spot on in the video. Thank you :) I even got goosebumps just by listening the video. Cheers from Portugal ;)
France-Portugal was the worse Euro final I've watched in my lifetime, that is from 1996. Now the French complained a lot about the ease of Portugal's run but France's wasn't much better: the group was ridiculously lopsided in their favour by virtue of being hosts - they wouldn't otherwise have been seeded - then they only got to face Germany in the semi-finals while Spain, Italy and Germany battled it out amongst themselves.
There was a sense of poetic justice in Portugal raining on France's parade on 10 July 2016, just like that feeling of poetic justice was unavoidable in 2004 with Portugal-Greece and 2021 with England-Italy. UEFA works way too hard to favour the tournament hosts, it's thoroughly enjoyable when it gets the comeuppance it deserves.
@footballiconic Portugal won against Brasil in 1966 group stage. 3-1 I guess, 2 from Eusebio.
Pele went out injured in the middle of the game.
...and other times, you play in a spectacular way and blow everyone away!
My Kaizer Chiefs team on FM24 lost two matches all season (in ALL competitions), swept the domestic board, league and 3 cups, AND won the 2nd tier continental trophy. We broke scoring records, points records, the lot 😎
Altho we lost at the final in 2004 i still think to this day that it was the best euro EVER, not cuz we.v been to the final or cuz we were the hosts, but all the matches were so epic!!
Como eu amo o Português, somos feitos de teimosia e persistência, persistência essa que nos leva a fazer coisas enormes
I was 12 at the time and as a big hungarian fan i couldn’t understand how we were knocked out so early when we drew the eventual champions. Had no idea what a group stage was lol :3
I was only 11 in that final, but man it sure was one of the best days of my life
imagine in 2024 portugal and argentina win continental competitions again
The Best video
Everyone cried, most of my family were immigrants in France at a certain point of their life and inevitably had some shitty experiences with the country so everyone felt so fucking vindicated to win specially after the whole 2004 trauma. The win was so fucking good, because we spent EVERY single game walking a fine line agaisnt fate it was suffering until the very last second which honestly is the most portuguese thing ever XD. Also one of the most overlooked players was our goal keeper, a true hero that man... We made him a statue in Leiria to celebrate his performance