Portugal Were NOT Supposed To Win The UEFA Euros | An Underdog Story 

*They only won 1 game in 90 minutes...

Funny thing, a year later Eder went on to play for Lokomotiv Moscow and despite not being a prolific goal scorer by any standard, he managed to score the desicive goal that brought the club its first league title in 14 years. Eder's career was literally "scores the most important goals, refuses to elaborate and leaves"

Portugal lost in 2000 and in 2004 spectacularly and won in 2016 unspectacularly. It is what it is.

Now that I think about it, Eders story is such a unique one. Martin Tyler’s commentary said it best: “the striker who rarely scores, scores the biggest goal in the history of the Portuguese national team.” Before then, nobody knew him. After that, nobody talked about him. He just popped up, and did what Ronaldo, Figo, Rui Costa, Eusebio, Nani etc didn’t do. Score the winning goal in a final. Incredible really

Best moment of the whole tournament for me is a Portuguese fan screaming: "chuta daí, caralho"

I was a baby at the time so I don't remember it, but from what my parents told me, the 2004 Euros were very painful for the country. At home, and we lose in the final to Greece. And after that, the hope for a international trophy was very low, as the golden generation of Figo, Rui Costa and Deco (and others) was gone. But then this tournament happened. The squad was nowhere near the squad we have now, but our manager said they were only coming back home after a month. And it happened. That Eder goal is legendary. A whole country united. A beautiful moment. Will never forget it.

The streets will never forget that Eder banger of a goal...

Am I the only one thinking we need a football iconic video on Chile's golden generation wining two copa americas back to back?🤔

the best player in our team, at least in my opinion and many other portuguese, was Ruí Patrício. the man was so overlooked but he is the one and only reason anything happened. he was the best player in the final and it wasnt even close no matter what fifa says, he saved us vs poland, kept bales longs shots all out, and was actually one of the main leaders for most of the time. he IS the reason we have a trohpy at all, and i dont see many people giving him the credit.

That was probably the craziest EURO in my lifetime

The euro 2016 final is one of the reasons international tournaments can’t be beat. I’m looking forward to the euros this summer. I’ve already ate with the AFCON and I want more. Great video.

Normally i dont comment bro, but i just got home tired from a long work day only to eat something, light my blunt and havesomething to watch. Soon as i open youtube there u are with a new 30 min(!) video. This right here man, … is called happiness. 😂 im gonna sit back, enjoy. Keep up the good work broski!!!!

this was the first international tournament i ever watched, and now even as an American unless they’re playing the US i will forever root for the Portuguese. what a special tournament, coach Cris really had our hearts

Santos will always have the respect and gratitude of Portuguese fans, anyone abusing him is out of order for what he achieved in his first years. At the same time, the football and results declined massively from 2018 onwards, when it should have gone to the next level with the amount of talent that came through.

As a portuguese, till this day, every time i watch a video about 2016 Euros, i still cant hold the tears. You did an amazing job with this video, I would only like to add something that Fernando Santos said that was really the turning point for the whole nation. During the group stage (i think it was after the Austria game) the portuguese media and the portuguese people were completely mad and in disbelief with the poor performances. Everybody was trashing Santos and the national team altogether. But during the press conference after the Austria or Hungary game, Santos said "Eu só vou para casa dia 11, e vou ser recebido em festa. Vou ficar cá muito tempo." which translated means "I will only go home in the 11th of July, and I will be received with a party. I will be here for a long time.". AND THIS, especially after the win against Croacia, made everybody believe it was possible, and I mean everybody in Portugal. From the people, to the press. Suddenly we could not care if the football was ugly or not. We even created a song saying exactly that. Winning was what mattered the most. This was something that no manager was able to do, the nation was united, the players were united and we could feel it. This was truly a fairytale, feels like yesterday that I was in the center of my city with thousands of people watching the final, and pretty much everybody was in tears after Ronaldo left the game injured. Followed by angry people like me after Santos decided to sub Renato Sanches for Eder, saying Eder was not the kind of player to play the final. And oh boy was I wrong. Thank you for this amazing video

I was watching the game during my vacations on the south of Portugal with my grandparents and cousins and when Éder scored that goal I literally started crying because I could not believe what I have seen, our "worst player" at the squad (with all due respect for Lord Éder) scoring the leading goal against host France, in their country, on their stadium... I couldn't watch the game any longer, i just placed my elbows on the balcony and looked down as my family kept watching the game, I was just listening and crying all the time, saying to myself - I cannot belive this! I cannot believe this is happening- I kept remembering the Euro 04 when I watched Greece raising the trophy that was meant to us... After the final whistle I just kept crying more because all of that frustration in 04 came to a beautiful end in a match against all odds. Man, one of my best football moments in my life...

2016 KO football Cedric was one of the strangest phenomenons in the sport's history He waited his whole career to cook, did for 4 games and was never that good again

The information this man digs through to make a quality video is insane you go back to 1930 to make a football video, respect ❤

Love your work Tinashe, Great video! Some suggestions: Mourinho’s Inter (To complete the trilogy of Prime Mourinho Sacchi and Cappelos Milan How good was Javier Zanneti really? A full video about Euro 2000 Zambia AFCON 2012 Spain 08-12 Mourinho’s Porto France World Cup 1998 and Euro 2000 Germany World Cup 2014 Once again, great work and cheers!

Everyone forgets the hero story of Rui Patricio the goalkeeper of Portugal, who made incredible saves tru out the tour, especially in the finals

Let's get my man to a million Subs please. This is by far one of the best channels for football retrospectives.

I remember watching this match back in the day with my old lady, now my mom did not give a rats care about football but for some reason, she just decided to support Portugal cause I was supporting them. If only I realized then how precious those moments were. The 2016 Euros were just "you had to be there moment".

your channel is one of the few channels in which i have to watch all of the videos. i just know whatever you’re uploading is gonna be quality and entertaining

Hi, Im portuguese and didnt know at Portugal footbal history, really enjoyed the video. As portuguese Im happy that other nations are more aware of us. But just want add some info. Cr7 injury wasnt an accident, Payet was triyng it from the start, it was a game plan. They played dirty because they were afraid, serves damn right. Just because of that we have saying, E foi o Eder que os fodeu. In Portugal he had its spotlight on tv sport shows. Apreciate your hard work I really like it, and was all emotional when you show Eder scoring, it makes us cry no matter how much we see it.

Its so cool that both GOATS dragged their respective national teams to glory

1x Euro, 1x Nations League, 2nd place in euro 04, 3rd place in 66 WC, 3rd Place in Confederations Cup, 4th place in 06 World Cup. It's a so far decent resume for Portugal and most of it was built after 2000.

Thanks!😇🤗😁 Youre AWESOME!!! KEEP IT UP!!!

I watched the game at work. I'm a nurse. It was an afternoon shift that ended at 9 pm. We all ordered take out, some beers and we stayed there, in our nursinf uniforms watching the game. It was one of the happiest days of my life. The game ended, and I worked in Montijo (south bank of the Tejo River). I took my car, crossed Vasco da Gama Bridge (18km) in like 10 min, parked the car near the subway, took a subway downtown and celebrated with everyone all night. The next day I was working again but I couldn't care less. Memorable. Unforgettable. Major bucket list goal checked out. After Euro 2004, I never thought this could happen to us. One of the most beautiful and happy days of my 34 going on 35 years! ❤

I appreciate the research you put into this and your other videos, and the great storytelling. It was really a wild Euro win for Portugal.

I feel like them winning this Euros ended up being a blessing and curse for them. Coz it meant they couldn't sack Santos but it was still on the other side a fantastic achievement especially coz most people thought that France team had it in the bag. And to do it with just winning 1 game in 90 only adds to it. They had to sweat for every victory. But ultimately I'm sure they won't mind coz they had a generation that should have won Euro 04 so the 16 team was making up for lost time. Great watch as always bro 🫡🙏🏿👊🏿

To be fair or Éder when he played in the portuguese league he was known for scoring a lot of goals like these, seemingly little chance or reason to go for a goal, or whenever everyone was expecting him to slow the pace and hold possession, he'd just go for a goal and score. I think he used his strength and balance well in all the goals I've witnessed, that's why he is in the national team. A valuable target man up front that can keep the ball and get you a goal on a seemingly dead play. Sadly his not so consistent form didn't let him have an accomplished career as a national team player but he was one of my favorite players.

Amazing piece man! Always appreciate the depth of knowledge shared in these videos. Keep it up!

Football Iconic dropping video just as i was looking for something to watch while eating. My man always coming clutch 🔥🔥😪. Great video as always. Keep up the incredible work❤

Man I love this kind of videos. Keep on the good work!!

What a great video and story! I didn't know half of this stuff! Thank you!

Love your story telling mate, favourite football RU-vidr on here

From the bottom of my heart I love you and your mini documentaries keep it up bro

You are amazing man, great video! Cheers from a portuguese subscriber

The biggest thing I think nobody talks about is that in the 3-3 draw versus Hungary in the last minute a Hungarian player called Elek Ákos hit the goal post, if he scored there then Portugal lose the game and will be eliminated in the group stage. It was so close and it would change a lot in recent football history

Love your work Tinashe!

Bro I love the consistency in your videomentaries. I'm emotional rn coz I used to watch your vids with my girlfriend back in 2020. Your vids were part of our downtime. She's not here anymore but the momeries live on. Thank you for your contribution in our story.

My man is back.

Thankyou for this video ❤️

Awesome content. Thanks so much.

With all the lazy content in Football RU-vid being really superficial, this was a breath of fresh air and exactly what I wanted from such a topic. Even teaching me new fascinating things that I never knew of and still condensed in a manageable amount of time. Well done!!!

Great video!!! Will never forget that evening when we won the euro! All Portugal was partying all night!!! When Eder Scored, in my city we could only listen to crazy celebrations at the balconies and inside people's houses! It was Crazy!!!!

Absolutely loved this story!! Such a great video. It reminds me of the last Euro winners. Very few people expected Italy to win but they were the dark horse of the tournament. This tournament brings out the best in even the "lowest-rated" teams. I'm excited about what Euro 2024 will bring.

top video needed this after the breakup fr thanks brotha 😊

Man love your videos!

Why do i have to relive this? Im ethnically Croatian. I very much remember this tournament.

AMAZING deep dive into Portugal 2016. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️💪💪💪

Need more of these please

We still don’t understand how we won this, the fact that Rui patricio and Pepe were our best 2 players in this competition shows how awful our football was, luckily after an awful group stage finishing third got us on the easiest side of the knockouts and then the final was history, gett dominated by a much better french side and somehow the striker who never scored was very contested how he got called up ended up scoring the most important goal in our history. Patricio Pepe and Eder our heroes of 2016🇵🇹🏆

Loved the storytelling here

Ironically, France’s Antoine Griezmann also has Portuguese blood on his momma’s side

Cant believe this tournament was nearly 10 years ago

Awesome video. I’m looking forward to this years Euro

I remember I screamed so loudly that I woke up the neighborhood 😂. Eder's banger was just unexpected.❤

Cédric Soares is still cashing checks with Stan Kroenke's signature on em on the back of this one tournament eight years ago, you simply love to see it

As someone who was on holiday in Budapest during Hungary's insane 2016 run I would love love to see a video about how magical that was.

I remember watching the final. I had eye surgery some weeks before os my eyes were very sore. But i was feeling so nervous i had to take a sedative cause i was feeling my eyes popping with my high and pulsating heart rate. Man, when i saw Ronaldo cry i knew the team would leave their skin on the pitch to play for him. I knew that and they did it.

A very, very well done summary of the history of the Portuguese national team ❤

imagine in 2024 portugal and argentina win continental competitions again

Always a good day when the goat uploads

2016 year is such a goated year

Well done vid T

Worth noting that there were a big mistakes in this video. The inaugural edition of Euro is taking place in 1960 (not 1958). Portugal lost 3-7 on aggregate during the 1950 World Cup qualifiers. During the 1966 World Cup, Portugal had a 100% record in group stage, winning all 3 group games, including a 3-1 win over Brazil (they didn't draw), while Eusebio scored a quattrick for the country in a 5-3 comeback win over North Korea (not a hattrick). Finally, Portugal also won the U-20 World Cups in 1989 and 1991, which featured key players for the golden generation team (Luis Figo and Rui Costa, particularly). They also played in Euro 1996, going unbeaten in the group stage, including a 3-0 win over eventual 1998 World Cup third place Croatia, before narrowly losing to Karel Poborsky's iconic banger in the quarterfinal against Czechia.

As a portuguese person, this had the be one of the greatest day in my life! A day that i never saw coming , and when it did i counldnt believe it. Thank you for revisiting this day, this truly made me happy . And please always remember: " E foi o Éder que os fudeu !"

Another aspect of the group stage is that the three draws nearly would have been enough to finish second in the group. When the game against Hungary finished the result in the parallel game Austria Iceland was one one. If it had stayed like this Portugal would have finished second which would have meant they would have met England in the round of last sixteen, France in the quarterfinals and Germany in the semis. After watching the Portuguese game I changed to the other game thinking: If one of the teams scores and Portugal drops to third it might be possible to reach he final. I celebrated Iceland's last minute winner almost as much as the Portuguese goals.

Great video, that only things I’d add would be Fernando santo’s first interview as the national team manager. He said “We’re going to win the euros” and the whole country laughed at him. The other thing would probably be to dive a bit deeper about Eder. He was an excellent striker in his early days and was meant to be a serious contender for the ST spot. He suffered from a nasty knee injury very young and that side-tracked his career. Was never the same player since but he was kept around because of his quality pre injury

The goat beat the script

great video bro

This channel is ICONIC.

As portuguese, i praise your video. Fair and square! Thank you!

Thanks!

The way you dictate situations is amazing to listen to.

I still remember that game. What a game. And the goal scored by the least expected player 😃

We need more videos like this for "other"(all) national teams.😉

Amazing video

@footballiconic Portugal won against Brasil in 1966 group stage. 3-1 I guess, 2 from Eusebio. Pele went out injured in the middle of the game.

Excellent video, Portugal is a top team in football, futsal, beach football, roller hockey, etc etc

I remember thinking of course France was gonna win that 2016 final (“home field advantage”) and I didn’t even wanna bother watching it so I didn’t. Well that taught me a lesson. Thanks very much for the video! All those dirty tricks when ENG and MEX hosted. I’m sure glad nobody does those things anymore …

Great video! I think you're forgetting one important reason for Eder's goal. Only a few minutes before the goal, Koscielny got a yellow card for a hand ball. To me, it much looked like Koscielny let go on purpose to avoid a second yellow, probably not believing Eder would shoot from so far out.

The thing is that after the group stage, if each game is tied it has to go overtime. The thing is that another team isn't going to play for 90 minutes, they will be dragged and frustrated for 120 minutes and even go to penalties. The thing is that the portuguese team can do this all over again in the next game. It is crazy

Como eu amo o Português, somos feitos de teimosia e persistência, persistência essa que nos leva a fazer coisas enormes

this was beautiful

32 minute BANGER

Amazing video although I only figured out towards the end who was Sulacao 😊

I think seeing this 2016 Portugal side as one that would simply frustrate the opponent is seriously underselling it. At some point you have to commend the strong defensive play the team showed. The defensive organization shown by players like Pepe (who was probably the best player in the whole tournament), Fonte, Guerreiro and even an ageing Ricardo Carvalho was something beautiful to behold at times. As a portuguese myself, yes, it's not as flashy as the Euro 2004 team. But we were sick of getting eliminated while playing attacking football, making an effort to take 20+ shots per match. I'll take the 2016 win any day. For my money, we *were* the best team in pretty much every match we played, because most of the time, the team was in control of the match even if it didn't have possession.

Beautiful moment

@2:00 ☝🤓 Argentina actually has 11, if you count Messi (8), Di Stefano (2) and Omar Sívori (1). The latter two are often counted as Spanish and Italian respectively due to their double nationality (only reason they were allowed to qualify, as only "Europeans" could win the award at the time).

In a popular street in my town there are two pretty big "official" graffiti art pieces, one of them is Ronaldo, the other is Eder

Hope you can make one for Egypt and discuss the reasons behind Egyptian football dilema, contenetial greats and yet to grab thier first win at the world cup even though all of the teams they usually defeat in AFCon most of them thriving every now and then in the world cup So how is that happening U gotta dig deep to figure out such a puzzle But if u do so gonna be a great one bro

Hi I'm french and I'm still in pain because of this game

We will never forget how Éder scored on the french and how the portuguese flag wasn't shown on the eiffel tower like it was supposed to, in fact they showed the french flag. Then they made a petition to repeat the final which didn't happen. Lost all respect for the french that day.

Put the goat on the thumbnail and I'll click on it

Why is everybody talking about that they didn‘t win a match in regular time, why is not everybody talking about that they didn‘t lost a obligatory match since santos took over???

as a Croat, 2016 hurt more then World cup final and Nations league final. i would put 2008 to agaisnt turkey but i was too young to remember

hey i saw you did like 2 videos about bayern leverkusens historic run so far, but i rarely see anyone speaking about Inter's insane run this season, they only lost 1 match so far. scored like 4-0 vs 3 or 4 different clubs in row. they have some very good players. but they are never spoken about. would love for you to do a deep dive video into Inter or seria A this season.

Obrigado por este video, quando ganharmos o mundial 2026 i want u to make another one ❤💯🙏