UEFA EURO 2016: Stade de France – Saint-Denis 10/07/2016 Final, Portugal 20:00 France

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Match summary

Updated 5 hours ago

• Two-time winners and hosts France take on Portugal in the 2016 final
• France have won last ten meetings with Portugal, dating back to 1975
• Portugal lost only previous major final as hosts against Greece in 2004

France have won their last ten games against Portugal, but their opponents know better than anyone that home advantage is not a magic bullet in UEFA European Championship finals.

France are back at their Clairefontaine training base, and at 18:00 Les Bleus will train behind closed doors on the Michel Platini pitch. Only Platini, with nine goals when France won UEFA EURO 1984 on home soil, has ever scored more at a EURO than Antoine Griezmann, who has six strikes to his name with the final to come. After the training session, which will be a recovery session for those that started in Marseille last night, midfielder Blaise Matuidi will speak to the press at 19:30.

All eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo in Paris. His superb header broke the deadlock for Portugal in their 2-0 semi-final victory against Wales. Will he hold the key to unlock the French defence at Stade de France?

Pepe (right) trains on his own ahead of Sunday’s final. The Real Madrid defender is working to recover from a thigh injury, hoping to be ready to face France.

João Mário: “I don’t believe much in percentages and favourites. France are at home and have history and maybe they feel they’re favourites and we respect that. We want to win our first title. Anything can happen in a final.”