11 million celebrate a title years in the making at the Sporting Academy

The Portuguese national team won Euro 2016 this Sunday afternoon, beating France on home soil in a game that brought back memories of the loss in the final in Portugal against Greece 12 years ago.

The President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, guaranteed at the end of the match that tomorrow the 23 heroes would be received into the country's Order of Merit with the highest distinction, recognising: "acts or services worthy of merit, undertaken in any public or private role, or which show abnegation in favour of the collective."

To all of the players, technical and medical staff, football federations and everybody who is part of the national team: thank you.