Portugal arose bleary-eyed this morning after last night's dramatic victory over England to see the nation's triumph splashed across the newspapers.
The press revelled in the joy of the nail-biting penalty shoot-out win which kept their country's bid to keep the Henri Delaunay trophy in Portugal, thanks to the intervention of substitutes Helder Postiga and Rui Costa and the excellence of goalkeeper Ricardo.
As well as the images of the main protagonists, there were more of fans mingling before, during and after a game which had it all.
A Bola featured Rui Costa, Postiga, Ricardo and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on its front page accompanied by the simple headline: "Heroes".
"Probably the most important victory in the history of Portuguese football," it said.
"That could seem an exaggeration for those readers who will remember certain other games, but it's not only a victory over England, a victory that gives us qualification for the semi-finals, a victory for a people in love with its national team, but it's finally a victory for a whole country over the spirit of fatalism."
A Bola, however, also acknowledged England's part in a classic match. "Wow! This game should have been the final," another headline read.
O Jogo celebrated Ricardo's role in the victory with a wrap-around picture of his save from Darius Vassell's spot-kick despite earlier dispensing with his gloves.
"Knockout without gloves," the banner headline which accompanied it read, while inside they praised Scolari's bravery in throwing on attacking players Postiga, Rui Costa and Simao Sabrosa at 1-0 down in a bid to save the game.
"Against an opponent that spent 80 minutes defending a goal, Scolari risked all or nothing," it said. "The players showed their heart and were prepared to give everything."
Michael Owen's contribution was praised, but it was full-back Ashley Cole's handling of the dangerous Cristiano Ronaldo which caught the eye of the Portuguese press.
"Owen is reborn on the night of Cole," the headline read, before adding of Cole: "England's best player fought nose-to-nose with Ronaldo and won the majority of the battles even though the Portugal player was using all the tricks in his armoury.
"He did not tremble when he scored his penalty, which was the culmination of a superb performance."
One of O Jogo's columnists is former Sporting Lisbon and Porto manager and current Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson, and his assessment was to the point.
Under the headline "Without Rooney we lost quality and power", he said: "Unfortunately we lost Rooney early and I have to admit that from then on, our performance deteriorated."
However, Robson was adamant that Swiss referee Urs Meier was wrong to rule out the late Sol Campbell header which looked to have given England victory.
"I have to say that Campbell's goal was clean and that the referee got it badly wrong, seeing a foul that never existed," he said.
Record summed up the feeling of the home nation with the front page headline "The Sky's the limit," and accompanied with a picture of Our Lady of Caravaggio, the image of the patron saint of Scolari's home state of Rio Grande do Sul which he had flown over from Brazil after the defeat by Greece in the opening game.
"Our Lady of Caravaggio, thank you," the caption read, while inside under the headline "Soul, heart and talent", readers were told: "Portugal came back to pull off one of the national team's most hard-fought wins. The fiesta can continue and the dream as well.
"Ricardo hands of gold, Beckham feet of clay," summed up the night for Record, who also hinted at an end to the English invasion of the Algarve with the headline "The day that Albufeira became Portuguese again."