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PARIS -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho have waited a dozen years to reach another final with Portugal. Adidas Yeezy Sleva . 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 Pánské Boty Adidas Yeezy . 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Unwanted droughts and records are being cancelled out in the Jones era.They were marshalled by the brilliant Ben Youngs at scrum-half. His box kicks and passes were on point and it was no coincidence that it was his darting run in the 44th minute to tee up the try for George Ford which ended this as a contest. He followed this up with a near-identical piece of skill to tee up Owen Farrell after 68 minutes.South Africa were poor. They lacked any invention and but for some incisive runs from Damien de Allende, showed little in attack. Their defence around the fringes was near non-existent and they looked stretched whenever England went wide or, for that matter, through the middle.England did start slowly but were seldom tested by this Boks side. It was a cold, damp occasion at Twickenham -- John Keats was perhaps thinking of November Tests when he penned his Ode to Autumn, talking of a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.While Jones will be pleased with the win, will take the positives and be relieved at the clean bill of health, it is the bigger picture around this match which is perhaps most significant.Friday marked a year to the day that Stuart Lancaster left his post as England coach in the grizzly, post-World Cup bloodletting. Now, a year on, and England have won all 10 matches under Jones with continuity and gradual evolution at their very core.The back-row which started against the Boks had a familiar look. Chris Robshaw, Tom Wood and Billy Vunipola all started that fateful World Cup match against Wales but this time around Robshaw was at blindside and Wood was at No.7. Its those little tweaks coupled with a change in mentality and outlook which have seen England progress.Roobshaw did superbly at blindside, nullifying any threat from the South Africa back-row. Yeezy Boost 350 Fake Cz. Their handling was also impressive. As they tested the water in the first half, it was that back-row who were putting the wingers into space but it was Englands starting 8,9,10,12 axis that was key to this victory.Billy Vunipola, arguably the form No.8 in world rugby, was at his usual effective, bulldozing best -- even Eben Etzebeth came off second best when connecting head on head with the England back-row -- while Youngs, Ford and Owen Farrell have built a brilliant understanding in the midfield. This platform allowed Marland Yarde and Jonny May time and space to run directly at the Boks defence.With both Maro Itoje and George Kruis sidelined, Joe Launchbury and Courtney Lawes combined well in the second-row and their performance will give Jones food for thought when he has a fully fit party to pick from. But their discipline will concern Jones -- they conceded six penalties in the first 30 minutes -- and a better team than the Boks would have exploited these lapses.But the Boks are a team low on confidence and look to have a confused gameplan. They are stuck midway through an approach focused on contestable kicking and then running straight and hard. Englands defence was resolute until Johan Goosens 59th minute try but that was the first time they really looked stretched.Instead they forced turnovers - Mike Brown did well in this area - and Ford pinned the Boks back in their own 22 with some deft kicking from hand. Another positive for England will be debuts for Nathan Hughes, Kyle Sinckler and Ben Teo while Elliot Daly played the full 80 and finished on the wing.Up next for England are Fiji and judging by their performance against the Barbarians on Friday, they will make it 11 wins from 11 under Jones next Saturday. Its all about evolving and continuing to improve in the Jones era and this win over the Springboks saw them take another step forward in that process. ' ' '