When Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo won Euro 2016, it came after a campaign that looked doomed by a series of calamities.
'No one believed in us,' Cristiano Ronaldo said eight summers ago, trying to fight back tears, and ultimately losing the battle. 'No one believed in Portugal.' History only shows that Portugal won the European Championship in 2016, and that it remains, at least for the next two weeks and possibly forever, the only major international trophy won by Ronaldo.
That tournament was the first Euros in which the field had been expanded to 24, meaning third-place teams could now advance, and Portugal took full advantage of the change. It was a wild ride to the title, under head coach Fernando Santos, and it was a mightily worthy — some would say necessary — endorsement to Ronaldo's glittering career résumé.
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