France keeper remembers goal that gave Portugal Euro 2016

June 23, 2021
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France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris remembers well the sinking feeling he had after conceding the goal that gave Portugal the European Championship title five years ago.

The two teams have met since then, as recently as last November when France won in Lisbon to clinch a spot in the Nations League finals, and meet again on Wednesday in their last group game at Euro 2020.

But the context of their showdown at Euro 2016 was so different. It was a delicate and poignant time for a French nation recovering from a wave of deadly terror attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015.

“It was the final of a Euro, with everything it had produced in terms of emotion throughout the whole tournament,” Lloris said Tuesday. “Yes, it is a painful memory because there was this defeat in what was a difficult time for the French.”