Eder wins Euro 2016 for portugal

A brilliant strike by Eder clinched Portugal’s first-ever major title, as the nation prevailed over hostsm France 1-0 to take the Euro 2016 trophy.

The Lille striker, who failed to score in 15 games for Swansea City last year, rolled Laurent Koscielny before drilling a low shot from outside the area past a flat-footed Hugo Lloris to carve his place in Portuguese foot­ball history.

And they did so without their talisman and captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who was carried off midway through the first half with a knee injury following a reducer tackle from Dimi­tri Payet.

The Real Madrid star left the pitch in tears to an ovation from the entire stadium and a sympathet­ic pat from France man­ager, Didier Deschamps.

But those tears turned to joy after Eder’s win­ner, with Ronaldo finally casting off the heartache he suffered as a teenager when Portugal lost the Euro 2004 final to Greece on home soil.

Portugal forged their unlikely path to the Stade de France on the back of a solid defence as much as Ronaldo’s genius, and Pepe and Southampton’s Jose Fonte were again im­mense at the heart of Fer­nando Santos’ back fo