Portugal gatecrashed France's Euro 2016 party to win the European Championship for the first time in its history[1] -- and all this without their leading star Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Real Madrid forward had been forced out of the game with a knee injury[2] in the first half, but Portugal regrouped and, thanks to some heroic goalkeeping from Rui Patricio, took the game into extra time[3] before forward Eder struck with 11 minutes to go.

Portugal's win was all the more remarkable given in their previous 10 meetings, France had won all of them.

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[1] http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/10/football/france-portugal-euro-2016-final/index.html
[2] http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2642067-cristiano-ronaldo-injury-updates-on-portugal-stars-knee-and-return
[3] http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2651173-portugal-vs-france-live-score-highlights-from-euro-2016
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