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The match was played at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 10 July 2016, and was contested between Portugal and hosts France. The 24-team tournament began with a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, Portugal finished third in Group F, with draws against Iceland, Austria and Hungary.
France was chosen as the host nation on 28 May 2010, after a bidding process in which they beat Italy and Turkey for the right to host the 2016 finals. [7] [8] The matches were played in ten stadiums in ten cities: Bordeaux, Lens, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Décines-Charpieu, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse.
Ronaldo did not take a penalty as he had been slated to take the unused fifth slot. [395] Ronaldo's own teammate, Nani, said that Ronaldo "demanded" to take the last penalty. [396] As the joint top scorer with three goals, alongside five other players, he was again included in the team of the tournament. [397]
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈnawdu ˈlwiz nɐˈzaɾju dʒi ˈlimɐ]; born 18 September 1976), [2] mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the owner and president of La Liga club Real Valladolid.
The claim is false: UEFA did not require teams to wear pro-LGBT armbands during the tournament. In the post, German captain Manuel Neuer and Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo can be seen ...
The highest-ranked team not to qualify was the UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up the Czech Republic (ranked 3rd), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th). As of 2022, this was the last time Austria , Bulgaria , Norway , Romania and Scotland qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time Jamaica have qualified.
France's heartache in penalty shootouts is over. In a clash of the soccer superstars, it was Kylian Mbappé — and not Ronaldo, his idol — advancing to a semifinal match against Spain as France ...
Cristiano Ronaldo left the field in tears after his Al-Nassr team lost the King’s Cup final to Al-Hilal and ended a second successive season in Saudi Arabia without any major silverware on Friday.