120+2′ Peep peeeeep. Referee blows the
final whistle and Portugal are champions of
Europe.
120′ Two minutes added-on.
119′ Cristiano Ronaldo is on his feet on his
touch line, dishing out instructions in a
coach-like manner. What a moment for the
three-time Ballon d’Or winner.
117′ Three minutes remaining. Raphael goes
down the turf; apparently a time-wasting
tactics.
114′ Referee shows Pogba a yellow, who
hacks down Silva.
114′ The time is ticking. Portugal continue to
knock the ball all around the pitch, surely
just to keep possession as much as
possible.
111′ France will definitely throw everything
upfront now, this is almost unbelievable. It’s
a big big shock for the hosts.
109′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL! Eder scores.
Portugal on the verge of history
108′ Unbelievable! Raphael’s freekick hits
the woodwork. That was Portugal’s chance
of the night.
106′ We are underway. Second period of
extra-time.
105′ Referee signals the end of the first
period of extra-time. Still no separating
these two sides after 105 minutes at Stad de
France.
103′ Kingsley Coman makes a clearance
resulting in a corner.
101′ Lovely skills by Pogba whose attempt
earns the host a freekick. What a night this
is becoming?
98′ Amazing run down the middle by Coman,
Williams brings him down for a France
freekick. Yellow card to the Portuguese.
94′ Pepe with a header……ball sails inches
wide; however the referee assistant already
raised his flag for an offside against the
Real Madrid defender.
93′ Eder wins a freekick for Portugal.
91′ Into first period of extra-time.
90+3′ Referee signals the end of regulation
time. We head straight into extra-time.
90+1′ Ahhhhh! So unlucky! Gignac’s shot
crashes unto the post. The France’ no.10
mesmerizes Pepe in his bid to strike the
ball. That was a huge miss as Patricio
watches haplessly.
90′ Three minutes added-on.
88′ Very intelligent Koscielny shields the ball
into touch to ensure Quaresma does not
proceed further.
85′ Five minutes remaining. Will the game go
into extra-time?
83′ Chance for France….Sissoko’s shot is
punched away by Patricio who has been an
outstanding goalkeeper at this tournament.
80′ Lloris makea a brilliant save to deny
Portugal. It’s an end-to-end game now.
78′ Portugal substitution: Renato Sanches
goes off for Eder.
77′ Both teams are desperate for the ‘killer’
now. Any goal now will surely seal it.
75′ Another magnificent save by Patricio to
keep Portugal in this tie. What a block that
was.
72′ Great drive into the Portugal area by
Coman, but somehow the Portuguese team
clear the danger.
69′ Joao Mario penalized for a foul on
Sagna. Freekick to France.
65′ WHAT A MISS! Griezmann heads wide a
‘delicious ball’ through to him in the six-yard-
box. What a chance for the hosts.
63′ Portugal make desperate defending to
keep denying the hosts, as France continue
to attack.
60′ Coman makes a very awful pass to
Payet, as the hosts murmur; half an hour
remaining.
56′ Portugal have improved their game, but
the French side have been outstanding
defensively.
53′ Payet with a delicious cross into the
Portugal 18 which finds Giroud who heads it
down for Pogba, but the Juventus man
shoots over
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