Quality football lost in this tournament. Just like 2004. Congrats Portugal on their first trophy. Ugly but tenacious in the end.
Finally, Portugal can get the monkey off their backs for losing to Greece at the 2004 Euros final, on their home soil yet.
No one will remember if it was pretty or how the brackets worked out, they'll only remember the team who won. I'm happy for Portugal to finally get one after being in some many semis.
Congrats to Portugal, and to Cristiano Ronaldo. He finally did what Messi never did: won a major national team championship playing for his country. Way to go, CR7. You didn't threaten to quit when Portugal lost to Greece. You tried harder and got it done.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored major goals in this tournament. He was instrumental to get Portugal in position to win this title. I don't think this accomplishment should be diminished. Portugal would have been eliminated earlier if not for CR7.