Comment: Match report on Ronaldo insect encounter at Euro 2016 final Published on: 12 July 2016 Writing for The Conversation, Callum Macgregor explains the rather unexpected participant at the Euro 2016 final. , After a month of football, Euro 2016 drew to a close with Portugal defeating France 1-0 in extra time to lift the famous trophy for the first time. But the final game was a turgid affair, and perhaps the image most likely to endure involved a rather unexpected participant. As Cristiano Ronaldo sat in tears on the turf, the reality of his game-ending injury sinking in only 25 minutes into the game, a moth fluttered around his eye and settled on his forehead. This moth was one of thousands in the stadium, pictured in clouds on the pitch as the players warmed up, and being from advertising hoardings.