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SAINT-DENIS, France -- France puts its formidable record in finals on the line when the European Championship hosts try to deny Cristiano Ronaldos Portugal a first major football title on Sunday. Fake Air Max 720 .French players have lifted the trophy in three of four finals over 32 years: Euro 84 and the 1998 World Cup on home soil, as well as Euro 2000.A nation still scarred by last years terror attacks will seek sporting salvation from its football heroes and a chance to party again in the streets of Paris, where security has been intense during the tournament.French law enforcement authorities pledged extremely high security in Paris for Sundays final, with thousands of police patrolling as hundreds of thousands of fans mass in the French capital.Security forces have three key venues to protect: The Stade de France stadium hosting the final -- outside of which three suicide bombers blew themselves up last year, the 92,000-capacity fan zone in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, and the Champs-Elysees boulevard, which will likely be swamped with fans after the match.Mathias Vicherat, the Paris Mayors chief of staff, said some 1,900 police and other security officers would patrol the fan zone, while the citys police chief, Michel Cadot, said 3,400 officers would patrol the Champs-Elysees, some of them redeployed from the stadium and fan zone after the final kicks off.Portugals most famous player since Eusebio warned the French not to underestimate Portugal.They are, in my opinion, favorites because they are playing at home and thats a big advantage, Ronaldo said. The whole country is going to support them, but ... were going to be difficult to beat.The Portuguese, however, are perennial also-rans on the big occasion, reaching only one final in their history 12 years ago and losing at home to unfancied Greece. Determined to foil French celebrations, Portugal defender Pepe hopes Sundays Euro 2016 final will replicate Euro 2004 in Portugals favor this time, with the hosts upset again by the outsiders.That would be amazing, coach Fernando Santos said. We want to bring great joy to the Portuguese people.The final at the Stade de France will be Portugals 35th European Championship game, the most any team has played in the tournament without ever lifting the cup. Ronaldo, who has collected every major honor in club football, will not want his international career ending trophyless like compatriot Eusebio.Its something that I always dreamed of, said Ronaldo, whose side has won just once in 90 minutes at Euro 2016. It would be a huge achievement if I could win something with Portugal.For a generation of France players this is their first major final, particularly Antoine Griezmann, the star of his home tournament with six goals heading into the final -- double Ronaldos tally.Griezmann was just a teenager starting out his professional career at Real Sociedad when French football experienced one of its lowest points at the 2010 World Cup. The nation was stunned when the squad in South Africa went on strike in training to protest against striker Nicolas Anelka being sent home for insulting then-coach Raymond Domenech.It has taken six years for France to regain the adulation of its fan base.We left a negative image of French football around the world, defender Bacary Sagna said through a translator. We had to go right back to basics to get the public on our side again. Weve done a great deal of work to get into a final six years later. 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CHICAGO -- Carl Edwards?knows that Toyotas have led more than half the laps and have won half the races in 2016.He knows that, with a seasoned crew chief in Dave Rogers, he has as good a chance as any of the five Toyotas -- Edwards and his three Joe Gibbs Racing teammates as well as JGR affiliate Furniture Row Racings Martin Truex Jr. -- to win the 2016 Sprint Cup title.Those chances are good. Really good. Like, if you were in charge of designing a championship T-shirt, youd be smart to work on designs of Toyota drivers first.If you step back and look, Ive never been in a better position, Edwards said Thursday. I feel like definitely we have the experience. We have the cars, the engines, the pit crew, the crew chief.Ive got all the parts. I just need to go win the championship.But therein lies the issue. Edwards felt the same way in 2011 at Roush Fenway Racing, where he ended up tying Tony Stewart atop the standings, with Stewart earning the crown thanks to five wins in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.It wont take five wins to earn the championship in the current format, an elimination-style Chase that sets up four drivers with an equal shot at the finale at Homestead.The Chase field of 16 drivers will take the green flag Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway with a similar goal of surviving the elimination rounds and having a shot at Homestead.Over a 10-race stretch, it would be more difficult to beat them than it would in a one-race event, said six-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. In one race, anything can happen.The odds really shift and change, and we hope we make it to the final four and then hope we have the best Homestead race of our lives. ... I dont have to beat them for 10 weeks. I have just got to beat them once.Of the drivers outside the Toyota camp, only Kevin Harvick is among the top five in laps led this season.Weve just got to take good cars to the racetrack and do our job on pit road, said Harvick crew chief Rodney Childers. Weve had good speed.I dont think it is a lack of speed by any means. I feel good about what weve got, and hopefully it will be good enough.Some non-Toyota drivers have more reason to hope than others. They break it down fairly simply as far as what they need to do to make it to Homestead. Cheap Air Max 95 Free Shipping. Go to work, said 2012 Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, who drives a Team Penske Ford. Execute. Im giving it my all, and I make the assumption that my team is too.If Toyota teams execute, they definitely will be hard to beat.Kyle Busch, the top seed in the Chase, has four wins this year and has led 16.87 percent of the laps. Truex, with two wins, led 16.73 percent. After Harvick at 16.42 percent, Toyotas of Edwards (10.06 percent) and Matt Kenseth (6.64 percent) are next in laps led.I feel good now that if we hit 100 percent, we will win, said Denny Hamlin crew chief Mike Wheeler, whose driver has won three races but has led only 5.48 percent of the laps this year. Thats something you strive for.The only problem is, theres four or five of us. We share notes. We work together. We do the best we can for not only Joe Gibbs Racing but Toyota. ... All it takes is a flat tire or a crash and youre out.All it takes is a piece that costs $10 or less failing and it can cost a team or a driver. It happened to Johnson last year with a broken seal at Dover. It happened to Hamlin last year with a roof hatch issue at Talladega that put him laps down and resulted in his elimination.I consider us the biggest favorite, and I consider us the biggest underdog, as well, Hamlin said. I just dont know -- were not going to change how anybody else races. We just have to do the best we can, and thats the common answer youll hear [from drivers].Because of the elimination-style Chase, its likely that another manufacturer other than Toyota will have representation at Homestead.And, as Johnson said, once a driver gets to Homestead, anything can happen. Maybe thats why Joey Logano feels as confident this year as he did in 2015 -- he feels he has enough speed to contend.The Chase presents a lot of opportunity -- opportunity to make mistakes, the opportunity to make something happen, Logano said. Its the person that takes advantage of that who is going to be the guy at Homestead partying away. Hopefully were that guy. ' ' '