Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann decorate the front page of French sports daily L'Equipe, which heralds 'The Day of the Lords'.
This France team has steadily won its way into the affections of their nation's public in similar fashion to which the country's multicultural 1998 World Cup winners stole French hearts
L'Equipe warn that Didier Deschamps' team will have to repel the threat of the talismanic Cristiano Ronaldo as Les Bleus seek a first major title since they won the European Championship in 2000.
France also won the competition when they last hosted it in 1984. And to add some extra spice to Sunday's showdown the French overcame Portugal in the semi-finals of each of those two tournaments.
The French paper, in keeping with the comradeship that has been one of the endearing features of the past month, reserves four pages specifically for readers from Portugal - a nod to their final opponents and the fact more than one million people of Portuguese ancestry live in France.
Portuguese daily Abola is in no doubt Sunday will be the day their team - and its superstar player - finally savours international success.
The paper's headline proclaims: 'The game of our lives. We will win it'
Another Portuguese title, O Jogo, takes a rather more unconventional approach to its coverage of their country's first summer final since they were beaten by Greece on home soil in the 2004 European showpiece.
The paper's front page sees a triumphant Ronaldo standing tall above 11 cockerels - in reference to the Gallic rooster that adorns the French shirts - each christened with the name of one of France's expected line up for the game in Pari
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