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PARIS -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho have waited a dozen years to reach another final with Portugal. Some teammates will have a more recent Portuguese setback on their minds going into Sundays European Championship final against France.Joao Mario, William Carvalho, Rafa Silva and Raphael Guerreiro were in the squad at the European Under-21 Championship a year ago when Portugal was denied the title by Sweden.I have lost a final last year and I hope this year things are different, the 23-year-old Mario said Friday. Im sure that its the match of our lives because theres nothing better than playing in a tournament like this one for our country.Marios stock has certainly been on the rise in the last year. What he lacks in height, he makes up for with intelligent technique on the ball. The playmaker has been linked with a post-Euro 2016 move from Sporting Lisbon to Inter Milan.My only focus is on playing this final, Mario said, avoiding discussing his club career at the Portugal training base south of Paris.If Mario needs advice on leaving Portugal for one of Europes bigger leagues, he only has to look across the dressing room at Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho. Ronaldo left Sporting for Manchester United in 2003. A year later, after impressing in central defense at Euro 2004, Carvalho earned a move from Porto to Chelsea.Ronaldo and Carvalho, veterans of the Euro 2004 final loss to Greece on home soil, are well placed to calm any anxieties heading into Sundays final at the Stade de France.We have players who give us advice at certain moments in the match, Mario said, without providing names. Theyre older and more experienced, thats normal, but were also a bit cheeky towards them, which comes from our youth. The most important thing is to give the young players a chance, and the coach did.Older players are getting chances too from coach Fernando Santos.At the other end of the age scale to Mario is 32-year-old Jose Fonte who has had to make the international grade the hard way.Five years ago, the defender was playing in the English third tier -- the start of a rise to the Premier League with Southampton where he remains.Obviously Ive always had the ambition and the desire and the belief that I could get there (to the Portugal team), Fonte said this week. As soon as I could get to the Premier League, I thought Id be closer to the dream, to my target.Fortunately, weve been able to progress at Southampton to be a top-six or seven club in the Premier League, and that gave me the opportunity to be selected by the manager (Santos). Its something that I am proud of and something Ill always cherish, this time in Euro 2016.Its not over yet.Portugal will need to beat France for the first time since 1975 if it is to win a first major international title. The Portuguese arent trying to avoid being weighed down by the lop-sided nature of the rivalry.France hadnt beaten Germany for a long time but they did yesterday, Mario said. Im sure that France will go out onto the pitch with a different mentality. Theyll be playing at home and theyre allowed to dream of victory.Were very ambitious and were aware of our past against France. Thats what will motivate us and certainly give us even more strength to win this final.---Rob Harris can be followed at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports Koen Casteels Jersey . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Thomas Vermaelen Jersey . 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This is my house.With those words, Jarryd Hayne announced he was back.The Hayne Plane took full flight at Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday afternoon as he snapped a clutch field goal to seal a thrilling 19-18 NRL win over Wests Tigers.On a day of high drama in Sydneys southwest, which included James Tedesco suffering a suspected broken jaw, the cross-code superstar proved he was back to his brilliant best and ready to drag the Titans deep into September.The loss lifted the Titans back into the top eight while the Tigers season looks over, with the loss compounded by Tedescos injury which required him to be taken to hospital.The Tigers fought hard after Tedesco was assisted from the field, with David Nofoaluma crossing for two tries to even the scores up at 18-18 with 10 minutes remaining before Hayne broke the hearts of the 16,783 in attendance with eight seconds on the clock.After Titans halfback Ash Taylor and Wests Tigers playmaker Mitchell Moses both missed two field goal attempts, Hayne, in just his second game back in rugby league, kicked the winner.Actually, I was going to throw it to (Hayne) on the second (attempt) but he said to let Ash have another go, Titans co-captain Nathan Friend said.On the third one, he took iit and I think his words were this is my house.dddddddddddd Its good to have that confidence.The result left the Tigers in danger of losing touch with the top eight but coach Jason Taylor refused to concede Tedescos injury spelt the end of their season.The Tigers No.1 was taken from the field in the 59th minute after being collected high by Ryan James.The Campbelltown crowd were baying for James blood when he hit Jack Littlejohn high, however Moses missed the attempt at penalty goal - one of several chances the home side had to seal the match.They also had a right to feel dudded after Josh Aloiai was ruled to have lost the ball in his own half, however replays showed it was stripped by Josh Hoffman, and Anthony Don crossed the next set.Taylor refused to blame the referees for their loss.I dont know what you guys want me to say but it happens in every game, Taylor said.You just have to get over that stuff.The referees are human; theyre going to make mistakes. You just have to get on with it and we did.Well learn a lot from that - good thing we dont listen to you lot (the media) with all that stuff. ' ' '