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Monday, 11 July 2016

REVEALED: What injured Ronaldo said to inspire Portugal to Euro 2016 glory



The Real Madrid star suffered an early injury
in the showpiece final but his team-mate has
revealed some rousing half-time words
Portugal full-back Cedric Soares revealed a
stricken Cristiano Ronaldo issued a rallying
call to his team-mates at half-time in the 1-0
Euro 2016 final win over France.
Fernando Santos' team claimed a first major
international honour for their country when
substitute Eder fired a superb extra-time
winner to stun an expectant Stade de France.
Their hopes appeared to suffer a terminal
blow early in the match when Ronaldo
suffered a knee injury in a challenge with
France midfielder Dimitri Payet.
The Real Madrid superstar twice attempted to
play through the pain after receiving
treatment but admitted defeat in his personal
battle after 25 minutes.
Nevertheless, Ronaldo dried his tears and
sought to focus his colleagues on the task at
hand during the interval, before spending the
rest of the match as a notably animated
figure on the touchline.
"It was a very, very tough moment. It was a
really tough moment for me and for the
team," Cedric said of Ronaldo's injury. "I think
everybody was a little bit in shock but at half-
time Cristiano had fantastic words with us.
"He gave us a lot of confidence and he said,
'Listen people, I'm sure we will win this Euro
so stay together and fight for it'.
"It was unbelievable. All the team had a
fantastic attitude and showed that when you
fight as one you are much much stronger.
"He was fantastic. His attitude was
unbelievable. At half-time he helped a lot, our
colleagues, he had always a lot of
motivational words. All the team reacted to
them so it was very, very good."
Portugal survived some near misses after the
interval as tournament top scorer Antoine
Griezmann headed a glorious 65th-minute
chance over before Andre-Pierre Gignac struck
the post during stoppage time.
Ronaldo's replacement Ricardo Quaresma
drew strength from French profligacy and
Portugal appeared the more dangerous side in
extra time before Eder's emphatic
breakthrough.
"When I saw them missing one, two, three
chances, it only made me believe even more
that if we had an opportunity, we could win
the game," Quaresma said.
"In the end, we worked hard and we achieved
it. We are very happy.
"We knew that working hard all together, we
would have a good chance. It's a moment of
pride, a moment of joy because we have
written our names down in history."


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