This past summer, Portugal made history by winning their first European Championship in history, they did what other previous Portugal squads weren't able to complete. Eusebio didn't manage to do it and Figo came relatively close to doing it with his generation. But Cristiano Ronaldo's side was the fortunate one, even if they aren't considered the most spectacular Portugal in history. Luis Nani talked about the feeling of winning this tournament.
He told Omnisport that: "It was a great feeling, I still think about it often. It's something that some of the best players in Portugal wanted to do but haven't. Winning for my country is a huge achievement. I'm so proud of that. When you win trophies it's great, you realize afterward how much work you've put in. When we won the Euros it was the best thing in my life and for my team-mates. We celebrated a lot. When we met again with the national team we still talk about it, we know we will be remembered for ever.
"We're not the best team in Portuguese history, others had better players, but we are the ones who won something for Portugal and we are so proud. We had some great games, the results weren't always the ones we expected. We had been playing good players and the fans expected more and more wins. We had a strategy for the competition, and the most important part was reaching the final and winning the competition. No-one can criticize us for how we played, our target was to win and we did that."
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