Portugal overcame an injury of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to capture their first major football title when they beat hosts France 1-0 yesterday from an extra-time winner from substitute Eder.
Eder, who plays at French club Lille, beat Hugo Lloris with a low shot into the bottom left corner in the 109th minute.
The goal came shortly after Raphael Guerreiro had hit the crossbar with a free-kick, but Portugal were lucky as France substitute Andre-Pierre Gignac was denied a winner by the left post in stoppage time before the extra period.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, hurt his left knee in a collision with Dimitri Payet, and after trying to play eventually had to leave in the 24th minute on a stretcher and in tears.
Portugal fulfilled their dream of a first major title at last after they had lost the 2004 decider at home against outsiders Greece, with a then 19-year-old Ronaldo.
France  lost a match at home for the first time since a 2-0 defeat against Czechoslovakia in the match for third place in 1960 - going unbeaten in 18 games, with 17 wins, en route to titles at Euro 1984 and the 1998 World Cup, plus the run into yesterday’s final.
It was Portugal’s first win against France in 11 games and since a 1975 friendly, and only their sixth overall in 25 meetings between Cristiano Ronaldo suffered new heartbreak in the final, stretchered off in tears.
Payet floored Ronaldo with a heavy challenge in the eighth minute. The Portuguese superstar rolled on the turf in agony, was led off for treatment and came back. After hobbling for several minutes, Ronaldo went off again to have his left leg bandaged.
After trying to accelerate, Ronaldo sat down in tears in the 24th minute and signalled he could not carry on.
He took off the captain’s armband and was carried off on a stretcher.
The 31-year-old Real Madrid striker played in the Portugal side that lost the 2004 European Championship final 1-0 to Greece.
Ronaldo crying in defeat has remained one of the enduring images of that tournament.
He had said before the Paris final that he wanted to be “crying for joy” this time.
Ronaldo was replaced by Ricardo Quaresma and disappeared for treatment.
He emerged again when referee Mark Clattenburg blew the whistle for 90 minutes to encourage his exhausted teammates for extra time.