Germany’s World Cup Qualifying Campaign Perfect Opportunity to Integrate Talents

After a tournament is before a tournament. With the busy international calendar seemingly getting more jam-packed each year, national teams need to perform a quick turnaround after major championships are concluded. In Germany’s case, there are only 59 days between their crashing out of Euro 2016 in the semi-finals against host nation France and their opening match in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification stage in Norway. With that short amount of time for regeneration, it’d only be natural if a team such as the world champions, full of players who regularly play more than 50 matches... 

Portugal Parade 2016: Twitter Reaction, Photos, Videos, GIFs and More

The Portuguese national team returned home on Monday with the UEFA European Championship trophy and were greeted by thousands of adoring fans in Lisbon. Eder’s stunning strike in extra time handed the Selecao a 1-0 win and their maiden major title, with the team overcoming an early injury to captain Cristiano Ronaldo to break the hearts of host nation France. Needless to say, the day after a historic night for Portugal, there were plenty of celebrations in the country’s capital city. As we can see courtesy of BBC Sport, the players arrived back on home soil bathed in the colours of... 

Portugal Won the European Championship for the 1st Time in the Country’s History

Fact: With their 1-0 win over France on Sunday, Portugal won the UEFA European Championship for the first time in its country’s history.  Bleacher Report will be bringing sports fans the most interesting and engaging Cold Hard Fact of the day, presented by Coors Light. Source: B/R Insights Read more International Football news on BleacherReport.com  Read More →

Antoine Griezmann Wins Euro 2016 Player of the Tournament: Stats and Reaction

UEFA officially named France forward Antoine Griezmann as Euro 2016’s Player of the Tournament on Monday. The competition’s official Twitter feed announced him as the winner: Griezmann also finished the tournament with the Golden Boot, having netted six goals: That tally puts him behind only Cristiano Ronaldo, Michel Platini and Alan Shearer in the competition’s all-time goalscoring charts after just one tournament. Squawka Football shared his impressive stats: Per Squawka, Griezmann also created 13 chances in his seven appearances, two of which were converted... 

Antoine Griezmann Backs Cristiano Ronaldo for Ballon D’Or After Euro 2016 Win

Antoine Griezmann believes Cristiano Ronaldo’s success with Real Madrid and Portugal will inevitably see him clinch the Ballon d’Or next year. At club level, Ronaldo’s goals helped Los Blancos to glory in the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League, with the forward netting the winning penalty in the shootout triumph against Atletico Madrid. On Sunday, despite an early injury for the talisman, the 31-year-old lifted the trophy as Portugal were crowned kings of European football after a win over France. Having lost out to Ronaldo in both of those finals, Griezmann was resigned to not winning... 

Ranking Germany’s Players on Their Euro 2016 Performances

Germany fell short in their hunt for Euro 2016 glory, a 2-0 semi-final defeat at the hands of host nation France ending the dream of adding to the country’s impressive collection of trophies. For most nations, making it to the last four is a massive success, but for the world champions, it’s about par for the course. It was their sixth consecutive appearance in the final four of a major tournament, and anything other than the Coupe Henri Delaunay just wasn’t good enough. Ever improving over the course of the tournament, the World Cup holders looked like the best team after a somewhat... 

Didier Deschamps’ Tactical Indecision Costs France vs. Portugal in Euro Final

Portugal are 2016 UEFA European Championship winners thanks to a 1-0 victory over France after extra-time at Stade de France on Sunday. The hosts’ wait for a third Euro title goes on, while the Portuguese are celebrating their first major international crown. It took until the 109th minute for the deadlock to be broken in Saint-Denis, but when it finally was by Eder, it was worth the wait. The Lille OSC man let fly from outside the box, and Hugo Lloris in the home goal could do nothing to keep it out. Despite their obvious disappointment at having lost the final, Didier Deschamps’... 

Why Portugal Are Deserving European Champions in Football’s Year of the Underdog

For a tournament where the drama was often centred on the moments and feelings around the football, and not the purity of the football itself, there was a fitting ending. That’s right, Portugal. The football gods were going to see to it that you could win this thing, but you were going to have to do it without your captain, your icon and one of the greatest players the world has seen. Fortunately for the Portuguese, that description relates to only one man and not three. If watching football in 2016 has taught us anything, it’s that teams can be greater than the sum of their parts,... 

Pepe Talks Cristiano Ronaldo After Portugal’s Euro 2016 Final Win vs. France

Portugal defender Pepe has revealed he wanted to win Sunday’s UEFA Euro 2016 final for Cristiano Ronaldo after the forward was stretchered off with a knee injury in the first half of the showpiece against France. Per MailOnline’s Rob Draper and Alex Bywater, Pepe said: When Cristiano said he couldn’t go on, I tried to tell my team-mates that we had to win it for him, that we were going to fight for him. It was tough because we lost our main man and we had all our hopes in him. He’s a player who can score at any minute. We know his abilities. We poured our blood sweat... 

Renato Sanches Wins Euro 2016 Young Player of the Tournament: Stats and Reaction

Portugal’s Renato Sanches has been named the Young Player of the Tournament for UEFA Euro 2016. The Euros’ official Twitter feed announced the news after the Selecao’s victory over France on Sunday: Per UEFA, Sanches‘ appearance at the Stade de France aged 18 years and 328 days made him the youngest player to feature in a European Championship final—breaking the record held by Cristiano Ronaldo that was set at Euro 2004 at 19 years and 150 days old. Naturally, he also became the youngest player to taste victory in the final after Eder fired Portugal to glory in extra... 

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