Five teams who will not be looking back at their Euros campaigns with any fondness

Expansion to 24 teams gave minnows the chance to write their own piece of history

Dimitri Payet’s stunning strike sparked the tournament into life after a tentative start

Ronaldo key to unlocking hosts’ defence in what should be a tight affair in Paris

From his time at Juventus, the man from Bayonne was learning his trade hard

Defender takes full part in training after missing Wales game with thigh strain

Hugo Lloris believes victory in Paris would complete rehabilitation with French public

Those who snigger at Portuguese superstar’s narcissism risk sounding old-fashioned

French midfielder’s proposed big-money transfer is really a statement of intent

‘The Russian team is soft - we need a Stalinist mobilisation. Mental, physical severe power’

Didier Deschamps’s side march on to Paris and final meeting with Portugal

Antoine Griezmann, the glue that makes everything tick, seals it for the host nation

‘In 1998 people were freer in their minds but now nobody knows for sure that a bomb won’t go off’

Republic and North groups given medals for ‘exemplary behaviour’ during Euro 2016

A blank page of history awaits for Didier Deschamps’ team of late bloomers

‘I don’t think about football with what happened. I try not to think about it at all’

Rose Carter (10) asked to walk out with Wales instead of Portugal after competition win

Quickfire goals from Portuguese captain and Nani bring Welsh fairytale to abrupt finish

‘You can be proud, because the Euros aren’t over yet, and you’ve already won’

‘There are intellectual football-lovers but those who go to stadiums and bookshops are different’