Who has more than chances to become the champion of the continent on soccer?
On July 10, on Sunday, at 22.00 across Moscow the whistle of Englishman Mark Klattenburga will give rise to an European Football Championship final between Portuguese national teams and France. Team of owners and southerners by right appeared in decisive game, having won on approaches to it against strong rivals, and with equally convincing account - 2:0. But the final - an event special and the least predictable. Whether the main characters of the teams will cope with excitement - Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Grizmann is a big question. And here obvious trumps of each of finalists:
The football feast of 2016 approaches to end. There is a Sunday final, but fans with an experience know that extraordinary matches alternated with frank failures in respect of a show. A little bit backgrounds from "MK" and one more important question: for that to wait from the forthcoming decisive match taking into account quality of performers who leave in the field on Sunday?
FRANCE
* Enormous support of tribunes of "Stade de France" is provided and in general houses of a wall help.
* During the latest football era France as the hostess of the largest tournaments surely became the champion.
* Uncontrollable game of the forward Antoine Grizmann and reliability of the goalkeeper Hugo Lioris - already a success half.
PORTUGAL
* The team received 1 put more for restoration of forces before the final.
* The superstar of world soccer of Cristiano Ronaldo in the eyes again turned into terrible force.
* Portuguese never in the history won on the European and world championships and are torn to the dream.
Portugal
Place in a world rating: 8 . Achievements: bronze prize-winner of ChM-1966; silver prize-winner of ChE-2004; finalist of ChE-2016; semifinalist of ChE-1984, 2000; 2012
Head coach: Fernanda Santush
Main star: Cristiano Ronaldo
Way to the final: Iceland - 1:1, Austria - 0:0, Hungary - 3:3, Croatia - 1:0 (additional time), Poland - 1:1 (5:3 - in a series of after match penalties), Wales - 2:0.
Nominally in an European championship final Portugal will act as owners (it is so accepted in FIFA and UEFA for an option of a game form), but against French this circumstance did not save Germany. As it stands many call Portugal team of one person, meaning, of course, a star of the Madrid "Real" of Cristiano Ronaldo. Such circumstance is given as argument: here while Christiano did not gather a course (the fatigue in matches to the Champions League which it played at the highest speed affected), muffled Portugal played 5 matches in a draw the main time. Hardly the star recovered, all attempts of Wales on fight continuation were broken.
Penalties in gate of Henessi allowed Kriro to become history: it caught up with a legend of the French soccer of Michel Platini by quantity of balls in final tournaments of the European championships - 9. And the functionary nowadays separated from soccer made it for 1 cycle, and Christiano dragged out all process on 4 tournaments. He is 31 years old, and it is not going to leave, besides ahead still a final so the record can be broken. The debut of the player took place on house tournament for Portugal in 2004, and it was really star, but the growing old team where participated Fernanda Couto, Maniche, Helder Postiga and, of course, the superstar of those years Luis Figo. The glory to the young player was brought by a goal in a semi-final to strong Dutches when owners opened the account. But everything ended tragically for Portugal. Her already considered as the champion, but in the final "closed", especially defensive team of Greece under the direction of German Otto Rekhagel's tactics stood, despite total advantage red-green, and thanks to only one goal sensationally became the champion, having forced to put on mourning all country hostess.
Injured, except for Pepe, in team is not present. But as Fernanda Santush will use against France the flank leaders Nani and Ronaldo - one of intrigues of the starting scheme of the final.
France
Place in a world rating - 17. Achievements: the champion of the world - 1998; champion of Europe-1984, 2000.
Head coach: Didier Decham
Main star: Antoine Grizmann
Way to the final: Romania - 2:1, Albania - 2:0, Switzerland - 0:0, Ireland - 2:1, Iceland - 5:2, Germany - 2:0.
To elections of France the hostess of the European superiority the Parisian municipality literally groaned from a burden under the name "Stade de France". The leading capital club refused to move to Saint-Denis from the worshipped place - arenas "De Prens's Park", plus it would be unprofitable. Games were carried out to soccer and rugby seldom though concerts - it is quite regular. Now in case of success of "hexagon" (as French like to call the country) on football superiority at anybody language will not turn so to speak and think.
So concerning a venue of the final of questions at the organizing committee did not arise, it was necessary to strengthen simply security measures after memorable events of November of the 2015th. But as strikingly in a playoffs Didier Decham's command from that which we saw in Saint-Denis in starting game with Romanians differs! The trainer who itself received here a medal of the world champion, slowly made changes to structure, sending Antoine Grizmann that to deep half-backs, returning it to attacking actions. Finally future star of superiority of Europe began to play a role of the easy forward who is displacing from the right brow (his habitual place in the Madrid club "Atletiko") to the center. The successful combination about Olivier Gira presented to Antoine additional free space. However, here the first of them in a match with Germans outstanding did not show anything and as a result was replaced. But the fine meeting was held by young Paul Pogba. So performers ahead at Desham suffice. Another matter, than will answer it the Portuguese protection?
