The triumph finished Portugal's keep running of 10 straight annihilations against France, who had disposed of them at Euro 1984, Euro 2000 and the 2006 World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo was stretchered off in tears however an additional time objective by Eder saw Portugal beat has France 1-0 in Sunday's Euro 2016 last to win their first real competition.
The casualty of a substantial test by Dimitri Payet, Ronaldo went off in the main half, however came back to the touchline to see Lille striker Eder settle the diversion with a low 25-yard strike at Stade de France.
Twelve years subsequent to losing 1-0 to Greece as hosts of Euro 2004, Portugal incurred the same destiny on France, who were looking for a cathartic triumph eight months on from the Paris assaults that left 130 individuals dead.
France mentor Didier Deschamps had would have liked to lead his side to a fourth real competition win, and third on home soil after Euro 1984 and the 1998 World Cup, when he was skipper. In any case, it was Ronaldo's Portugal who won.
The triumph finished Portugal's keep running of 10 straight thrashings against France, who had dispensed with them in the semi-finals at Euro 1984, Euro 2000 and the 2006 World Cup.
They took the riches in France in spite of having won one and only match inside a hour and a half - the 2-0 semi-last triumph against Wales - in the entire competition. Mentor Fernando Santos had named the group "the odd one out".
Triumph was most importantly sweet for Ronaldo, regardless of his initial way out.
He had shed tears on the pitch as a 19-year-old after Greece's win in Euro 2004 in Lisbon, cried as he was carted away on Sunday and shed more tears as he dashed on in festivity at full-time.
In winning a noteworthy competition he surpasses Portugal greats Eusebio and Luis Figo. He has additionally stolen a walk on his extraordinary adversary Lionel Messi, who reported his Argentina retirement two weeks prior, in the fight for the following FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Taken off in the 25th moment, he returned toward the begin of additional opportunity to convey on-pitch gusto talks that seemed to motivate his group to triumph.
Eder, a 78th-minute swap for Renato Sanches, saw a header pushed out by France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, while Raphael Guerreiro hit the bar from a free-kick.
Ronaldo praised
With 11 minutes of the additional period to play, the objective that Portugal's fans have held up their lives to see touched base as Eder held off Laurent Koscielny and drove a fresh shot into the base left corner from 25 yards.
A sultry night in Saint-Denis started with a swarm of moths fluttering around the French national stadium and littering the playing surface.
There was an early trade of chances — Nani shooting over for Portugal, competition top scorer Antoine Griezmann's header drawing a fine fingertip save from Rui Patricio — before Ronaldo became the overwhelming focus.
A juddering knee-on-knee challenge by Payet in the eighth moment left him writhing on the turf and subsequent to endeavoring to play on, he dropped to the ground in the sixteenth moment, tears filling his eyes.
Subsequent to having his knee intensely strapped, Ronaldo re-entered the quarrel four minutes after the fact, just to go down again in the 23rd moment, throwing his armband to the floor.
A stretcher was brought on and as the Portugal chief was carted away, to be supplanted by Ricardo Quaresma, the entire stadium rose to acclaim.
France's Moussa Sissoko surprisingly ventured into the spotlight cleared by Ronaldo, driving a left-foot shot over the bar and afterward stinging Rui Patricio's palms in the wake of nutmegging Adrien Silva with a smooth Cruyff turn.
However, the amusement appeared to be decreased by Ronaldo's untimely exit and it took the 58th-minute presentation of Kingsley Coman set up of Payet to breath life into France.
The Bayern Munich winger created a wonderful cross that Griezmann could just head over from six yards and afterward slipped a go through to Olivier Giroud, whose shot was parried by Rui Patricio.
Rui Patricio likewise repulsed a 25-yard shot from the raiding Sissoko and when France substitute Andre-Pierre Gignac perfectly avoided the fit-again Pepe in stoppage time, he could just scrape his shot against the post.
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