France lost 1-0 to Portugal in extra time on Sunday night in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
"Even if we were a little bit tired as well, that's not an excuse," the 47-year-old French manager said after the match. "We had chances to score, and the last one fell to [Andre-Pierre] Gignac. It came down to tiny details, it was a close match. We had chances, as did the Portuguese, but unfortunately they scored.
Deschamps continued, ''I'm just disappointed we couldn't win this trophy for the millions of fans. It's a great disappointment for it to end now, with this final. We must not throw everything that we've done away, but we threw away a great chance to be European Champions, not the only one, but a great one. There are no words after that. The disappointment is huge, and we will need time to digest it. We won together, we suffered together, and today, unfortunately, we lost together. It would have been wonderful to offer them [the French people] the trophy at home, but unfortunately it didn't happen.
"Of course the overriding emotion is of huge disappointment. It's cruel to lose the final like that. I have to congratulate Portugal. Clearly we had our opportunities and we weren't clinical enough. We weren't cool-headed enough, but I can't hold anything against my players. They gave everything tonight,'' he added.
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