Monday, 11 July 2016

SIGHTS OF HAPPINESS AND SADNESS AS PORTUGUESE FANS TOOK TO THE STREET


Fans at the public viewing of the game implore their team forward with Allies Avenue, Porto, lit up in national colours


On the screen in the Lyon fan zone Cristiano Ronaldo lifts the trophy as Portugal supporters punch in the air in delight


Across France in Bordeaux more Portuguese fans take to their cars to wave flags and honour their national football heroes

Fans brandish flares and dance in celebration of Portugal's first ever international tournament win on the streets of Paris

Although the Eiffel Tower was lit up in the colours of the French tricolor Paris was swathed in Portuguese red and green

One Portugal fan runs down the Champs-Elysees with the Flag of the Five Escutcheons after his team secured a 1-0 win in the final

A Portugal supporter celebrates her country's victory near the Arc de Triomphe after the Euro 2016 final in Paris

Portugal's supporters turn Terreiro do Paco square in Lisbon green and red with flags and scarves as flares smoke


French supporters sob into their tricolors after falling short of emulating the heroes of the 1998 World Cup by winning a home tournament

A France fan painted in the colours of the national flag is consoled by a friend in the Marseille fan zone after their side's 1-0 loss

In Lyon the picture was the same as French despair took hold as the pain of the Euro 2016 final defeat set in

For the French fans it was dejection after they watched their side lose on home soil at the Stade de France

'The victory for the national side is recognition of the value of Portuguese soccer and gives prestige to our country,' said the Portuguese Football Association in a statement.
For a country that suffered hard under Europe's debt crisis but is now recovering economically under its new Socialist government, the victory will be a welcome relief.
For the French it was unexpected despair as the saw their home heroes crumble under the burden of expectation at the same stadium where their manager Didier Deschamps had lifted the World Cup in 1998. 


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