Portugal’s 3-1 semifinal win over Switzerland looked impressive on paper but shouldn’t disguise the fact that for long spells, the Swiss were the better side and led the way in most of the stats.

But, not for the first time, they were rescued by that man Cristiano Ronaldo who managed to conjure up a fine hat-trick from a game in which he had looked rusty and out-of-sorts. Yet, he did precisely what he has done so many times before, and from somewhere found it within him to get his country over the line.

Gotta take Portugal in the Final