Euro 2016: Record-breaking Cristiano Ronaldo and his great Portuguese con

Lyon Cristiano Ronaldo is determined to make his countrys dreams come true after spearheading Portugal to the Euro 2016 finalPortugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo is ecstatic after his teams 20 win over Wales in the Euro 2016 semifinal in Lyon on Wednesday PicsGetty ImagesWednesday was a seventh semifinal at a major tournament for the Portuguese and resulted in just their secondever final 12 years on from embarrassingly falling to Greece on home soil2004 defeat still hurtsThe Euro 2004 defeat still rankles and the Real Madrid attacker is now tantalisingly close to making amends having led Portugal to a 20 win against Wales in LyonThe 31yearolds incredible header early in the second half was followed three minutes later by Nani turning home his shot sending them into Sundays Stade de France finale against world champions Germany or hosts France50th minute Portugals forward Cristiano Ronaldo heads to score the opening goal against Wales during their Euro 2016 semifinal in Lyon on WednesdayThis is different the manofthematch said comparing this tournament to Euro 2004I was 18 that was my first final My debut Now 12 years have gone by and now we are going to play another final I am very proud of that I have always dreamed of winning for Portugal I hope it is our turn now I am very confident and I believe that all these boys deserve it I deserve it Portugal deserves it the fans deserve it mdash every single Portuguese person deserves it Theyve been amazing supportersProud feelingWeve yet to win anything but its the final I dont think many people thought that Portugal would make it to the final but we are there That fills me with pride I am very happy Now we have to get ready for Sunday and we want to make this dream true53rd minute Portugals Nani right taps in the opening goal against Wales during their Euro 2016 semifinal in Lyon on Wednesday PicsAFP Getty ImageRonaldo approaches the match fresh from another historic display having equalled Michel Platinis record of nine European Championship goalsRecordbreaking is something very nice he saidI have broken many records before and I am still breaking records for club and country but this all comes naturally and the crucial thing was to reach the finalI am very happy and I am very proud of all my teammates Me and the boys have always dreamt of being there Now its almost thereIve always dreamt of winning something for Portugal and now its just one step away Dreaming is free so lets keep dreamingBad start to Euro 16Few could have foreseen Portugal making the July 10 finale having finished third in Group F behind Hungary and Iceland Fernando Santos side had not even won a match inside 90 minutes until Wednesdays semifinal in Lyon but relentlesslyconfident Ronaldo says his belief never waveredThis is something I wanted after winning the Champions League I believed in my heart we would go far in the Euro Maybe it didnt start off as well as we wanted it to but this is not a 100 metres dash this is a marathon When you think of Nani Renato Sanches and Ricardo Quaresma who have also scored were all a team Portugal is not allabout me