French joy should soon be complete

It will be a fitting victory for football and for the French people if they manage to topple Portugal tomorrow night in the final, writes Liam Brady.

And then there were two – although I think it would be a considerable stretch to argue that tomorrow’s 2016 European Championship final in Paris will be contested by the two best sides in the tournament.

Both France and Portugal have problem areas on the pitch and neither can be considered complete units. To that extent, at least, the final pairing is fitting because this is a European Championship which has lacked a truly dominant, outstanding team.