Saint-Denis, 10 July 2016 – When Portugal found its voice without Cristiano.
It should have been a French coronation: Bastille Day week, blue flares over the périphérique, a Stade de France painted in tricolour buoyancy. Yet by midnight the only fireworks belonged to a team in deep red and a striker who had needed just one bright, improbable moment all tournament. Éderzito António Macedo Lopes—known merely as Éder—received the ball from João Moutinho, rolled Laurent Koscielny, and let fly a right-footed missile that bent Hugo Lloris’ gloves and the destiny of Euro 2016. The underdogs barked, the favourites froze, and Portugal football lifted its first senior trophy.
The irony was cruelly poetic. In the 25th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo—captain, talisman, walking brand—collapsed after Dimitri Payet’s tackle. A moth landed on his tear-soaked face, an image instantly mythic, yet Portugal refused tragedy. Pepe, later named man of the match, admitted: “We told each other in the huddle, let’s win it for him.” Fernando Santos moved Adrien Silva higher, Renato Sanches wider, and asked Nani to mimic a nine. Order was restored by Rui Patrício’s gloves—one low claw from Moussa Sissoko at 66’, another elastic save from Antoine Griezmann’s header—until Éder’s thunderbolt gave Europe a new accent.
Look at the minimalist foosball tableau—the Portugal 2016 print—and you grasp the architecture of resistance. Rui Patrício (No. 1) a solitary sentinel; Cédric, Pepe, José Fonte, Raphaël Guerreiro forming a line no Frenchman truly breached; William Carvalho patrolling like an Iberian Claude Makelele. Up front, Nani (No. 17) and Ronaldo (No. 7) began together, but Éder’s unforeseen cameo reminds us that a tournament’s author is often its understudy.
After the final whistle, Ronaldo—bandaged knee, trainer’s bib—lifted the cup with Santos beside him. The coach’s whispered credo (“We will write history—now or later”) felt suddenly small against the roar of Portuguese expatriates who had turned Seine-Saint-Denis into Setúbal. Even the French public applauded; it was football’s equivalent of recognising a perfectly executed bank heist.
Portugal’s run had seemed cautious, even grey, through the group stage: three draws, late goals by Quaresma and Ronaldo keeping them afloat. But tournament football rewards patience, and when Adrien Rabiot later said “they played like a club team,” he was paying the highest compliment. From Zielinski’s own goal to Éder’s shot heard round Europe, the Selecção brought back the notion that defence can be art and resilience, poetry.
Portugal 2016 Europe Champion is now more than a headline; it is décor. This sleek table-football soccer poster arranges the eleven heroes (with Ronaldo still on the rod, arm fully extended) in a way that flatters any study or living-room wall. As football wall art, it is both conversation piece and silent replay of Saint-Denis’ longest night.
Bring home the memory—hang the Portugal 2016 print and let its scarlet silhouettes remind you that greatness sometimes arrives limping, moth-kissed, and utterly unstoppable.
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➤ ABOUT THE PRINT
Each artwork is professionally printed on gallery quality matte paper which perfectly compliments the designs using only archival inks. The high print quality ensure that your wall print will last a long time while maintaining its original color.
Premium Matte Paper: 200 gsm, premium quality, matte finish
Shipped in a stiff cardboard tube (100% recyclable, 90% recycled)
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➤ HOW TO ORDER
Simply purchase the listing in your desired size.
Sizes:
A3 (297 X 420 mm / 11.7 X 16.5 in)
A2 (420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in)
A1 (594 x 841 mm / 23.4 x 33.1 in)
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➤ PLEASE NOTE: FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
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➤ ADDITIONAL
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Saint-Denis, 10 July 2016 – When Portugal found its voice without Cristiano.
It should have been a French coronation: Bastille Day week, blue flares over the périphérique, a Stade de France painted in tricolour buoyancy. Yet by midnight the only fireworks belonged to a team in deep red and a striker who had needed just one bright, improbable moment all tournament. Éderzito António Macedo Lopes—known merely as Éder—received the ball from João Moutinho, rolled Laurent Koscielny, and let fly a right-footed missile that bent Hugo Lloris’ gloves and the destiny of Euro 2016. The underdogs barked, the favourites froze, and Portugal football lifted its first senior trophy.
The irony was cruelly poetic. In the 25th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo—captain, talisman, walking brand—collapsed after Dimitri Payet’s tackle. A moth landed on his tear-soaked face, an image instantly mythic, yet Portugal refused tragedy. Pepe, later named man of the match, admitted: “We told each other in the huddle, let’s win it for him.” Fernando Santos moved Adrien Silva higher, Renato Sanches wider, and asked Nani to mimic a nine. Order was restored by Rui Patrício’s gloves—one low claw from Moussa Sissoko at 66’, another elastic save from Antoine Griezmann’s header—until Éder’s thunderbolt gave Europe a new accent.
Look at the minimalist foosball tableau—the Portugal 2016 print—and you grasp the architecture of resistance. Rui Patrício (No. 1) a solitary sentinel; Cédric, Pepe, José Fonte, Raphaël Guerreiro forming a line no Frenchman truly breached; William Carvalho patrolling like an Iberian Claude Makelele. Up front, Nani (No. 17) and Ronaldo (No. 7) began together, but Éder’s unforeseen cameo reminds us that a tournament’s author is often its understudy.
After the final whistle, Ronaldo—bandaged knee, trainer’s bib—lifted the cup with Santos beside him. The coach’s whispered credo (“We will write history—now or later”) felt suddenly small against the roar of Portuguese expatriates who had turned Seine-Saint-Denis into Setúbal. Even the French public applauded; it was football’s equivalent of recognising a perfectly executed bank heist.
Portugal’s run had seemed cautious, even grey, through the group stage: three draws, late goals by Quaresma and Ronaldo keeping them afloat. But tournament football rewards patience, and when Adrien Rabiot later said “they played like a club team,” he was paying the highest compliment. From Zielinski’s own goal to Éder’s shot heard round Europe, the Selecção brought back the notion that defence can be art and resilience, poetry.
Portugal 2016 Europe Champion is now more than a headline; it is décor. This sleek table-football soccer poster arranges the eleven heroes (with Ronaldo still on the rod, arm fully extended) in a way that flatters any study or living-room wall. As football wall art, it is both conversation piece and silent replay of Saint-Denis’ longest night.
Bring home the memory—hang the Portugal 2016 print and let its scarlet silhouettes remind you that greatness sometimes arrives limping, moth-kissed, and utterly unstoppable.
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➤ ABOUT THE PRINT
Each artwork is professionally printed on gallery quality matte paper which perfectly compliments the designs using only archival inks. The high print quality ensure that your wall print will last a long time while maintaining its original color.
Premium Matte Paper: 200 gsm, premium quality, matte finish
Shipped in a stiff cardboard tube (100% recyclable, 90% recycled)
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➤ HOW TO ORDER
Simply purchase the listing in your desired size.
Sizes:
A3 (297 X 420 mm / 11.7 X 16.5 in)
A2 (420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in)
A1 (594 x 841 mm / 23.4 x 33.1 in)
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➤ PLEASE NOTE: FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
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➤ ADDITIONAL
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
