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Eder tells his astonishing story: 'Dad is in jail for murdering my stepmum... and I wanted to kill myself'

Related Topics: Overtime (sports), Portugal

In a hotel lobby in northern France, Eder is out of his seat. He’s moving the table condiments, bringing to life the most important goal scored in European football in 2016.

‘I received it on the half-turn,’ he grins, shifting his salt away from Laurent Koscielny’s pepper.

‘I jinked away from Koscielny and found some space to shoot. Then I just let fly. And how it flew! I hit it so hard and when the ball smashed into the net I was so happy. It was huge for me, huge for us, huge for the country.’

Eder lets fly with his right foot as he scores the winning goal in the Euro 2016 final
Eder lets fly with his right foot as he scores the winning goal in the Euro 2016 final
The striker is pursued by his team-mates after scoring the winner in extra-time
The striker is pursued by his team-mates after scoring the winner in extra-time

The forward is reliving the goal that beat France to win Euro 2016 for Portugal on that balmy July evening in Paris.