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Thousands turn out to welcome home Euro 2016 champs Portugal

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WATCH: Portugal's football team returned to Lisbon on Monday, following their Euro Cup win in Paris at the weekend – Jul 11, 2016

LISBON, Portugal – Tens of thousands of people have greeted Portugal on arrival in Lisbon a day after the team won the European Championship for its first major trophy.

Dozens of airport staff gathered on the tarmac to cheer on the players as they arrived from France just after midday Monday.

READ MORE: Portugal wins soccer’s Euro Cup with 1-0 overtime victory over France

Captain Cristiano Ronaldo and coach Fernando Santos held the cup up to great cheers on stepping out of the plane.

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Thousands of people packed the streets around the airport to greet the team, which travelled in an open-topped, double-decker bus to the Belem presidential palace to meet Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

They were later to begin a parade through the city.

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Portugal beat France 1-0 in extra time on Sunday in the final in Paris.

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