Portugal's Pepe fit for Euro 2016 final

Portugal’s Pepe fit for Euro 2016 final

By : AFP

Date: 9 July 2016 9:00pm WAT

Portugal's defender Pepe (R) controls a ball as the team physiotherapist Antonio Gaspar watches during a training session at their training ground in Marcoussis, south of Paris, on July 8, 2016, ahead of their Euro 2016 final football match against France. FRANCISCO LEONG / AFP

Portugal centre-back Pepe declared himself fit on Saturday for Sunday’s Euro 2016 final against hosts France at Stade de France.

The wily Real Madrid defender, 33, missed Portugal’s 2-0 semi-final win over Wales on Wednesday due to a thigh injury, with Bruno Alves taking his place, and trained separately on Friday.

But he played a full part in training with his team-mates at Portugal’s Marcoussis base on Saturday and said that he was ready to take to the field against Didier Deschamps’s side.
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“I feel great. I’m fully fit and can be chosen to play tomorrow,” he told a press conference at Stade de France.

Portugal are appearing in only their second major final after Euro 2004, when as hosts they suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Greece.