Cristiano told me that I would score - Eder

– Eder says Ronaldo was his source of inspiration before scoring the goal

 – The Lille striker’s goal was all Portugal needed to clinch the Euro 2016 title

 – Portugal will play in next year’s confederation cup final for the first time

Portugal’s extra time goal hero Eder has disclosed that Cristiano Ronaldo told him he would score when he came on as a substitute in their 1-0 win over France.

The former Swansea striker came off the bench to score an extra-time goal that clinched the Portugal’s first major trophy in their history.

Ronaldo was taken off after getting injured mid-way through the first half, but his teammate claimed that the captain urged him on in getting a goal for the Selecao “Cristiano told me that I would score when I came on and I just took that energy into my game.

“We weren’t the best technical team, but we worked for each other. Since the coach arrived he believed this group could do this,” he said.

Lille striker Eder who was dumped by Swansea earlier this season after failing to score in 15 games and have not scored a goal since Portugal won a friendly against Italy in June last year.

Portugal were crowned European Champions for the first time in history at the Stad de France. The epic final proceeded into extra-time but substitute Eder got the all-important goal after 109 minutes to ensure the Selecao win the tournament.

The hosts made desperate fight back, but were unlucky as goalkeeper Patricio made strings of saves to deny the hosts. It ended; Portugal 1-0 France.

Portugal, for the first time, will now feature in next year’s Confederation Cup alongside the defending world champions Germany, Copa America winners Chile, African Champions Cote d’Ivoire and a host of other continental winning nations.