#5 France would have won Euro 2016
The story of another team who failed to conquer it all despite possessing the best squad, France was easily the favourites for a tournament on home soil with Griezmann and Pogba coming on the back of spectacular seasons for their respective clubs. That was, of course, before Portugal decided the whole script needed the twist reminiscent of a Hollywood movie.
A Ronaldo that grows up in Barcelona would be far less suited to carry a team single handedly on his shoulders – rather than developing into the complete goal machine as he has done, Ronaldo might have been a nimble cog in a fast thinking Barca machine.
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Portugal, as a result, would have suffered – and their leader would have struggled to inspire an average team to their first major tournament win in history.
Benefiting as a result, naturally, would be France. French fans would go home on the evening of 10 July 2016 singing and dancing, celebrating their first major silverware since 2003 Confederations Cup. Doing the rounds in the social media, then, would have been the picture of Antoine Griezmann with his special dance moves – rather than the one with his dejected countenance.
