Lively start of Euro 2016 final at Stade de France

Paris, July 11 (IANS) The Euro 2016 final between Portugal and France kickstarted at the Stade de France, the national stadium of France in Saint-Denis near Paris, on Sunday.

According to Xinhua, following is the starting lineup of Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal:

Goalkeeper: 1-Rui Patricio

Defenders: 3-Pepe, 4-Jose Fonte, 5-Raphael Guerreiro, 21-Cedric

Midfielders: 10-Joao Mario, 14-Wiliam Carvalho, 16-Renato Sanches, 23-Adrien Silva

Forwards: 7-Cristiano Ronaldo (captain), 17-Nani EnditemThe starting lineup of France, led by Hugo Lloris, is as following:

Goalkeeper: 1-Hugo Lloris (captain)

Defenders: 19-Bacary Sagna, 21-Laurent Koscielny, 22-Samuel Umtiti, 3-Patrice Evra

Midfielders: 15-Paul Pogba, 14-Blaise Matuidi, 18-Moussa Sissoko, 7-Antoine Griezmann, 8-Dimitri Payet

Forward: 9-Olivier Giroud

--IANS

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