That tells you all you need to know about your rebuttal.
Mourinho spoiled is a clear fallacy (check his history), mind telling me what Guardiola or (to a lesser extent) Ancelotti are?
Portugal's alleged golden generation are considered a disappointment by the Portuguese. Only one who came out shinning is C. Ronaldo.
'Almost won the Euros'... Lol. So they failed (should've had Mourinho in charge), that's not cutting it when you're regarded as favourites on home soil. If Griezmann, Varane, Pogba etc didn't win the WC, the French would still consider them chokers.
Also, trying to take shine away from Porto's achievement 'cause they faced Monaco, shows you're forgetting that year. Monaco had tough tests in the k'o stage; Madrid (QF... Morientes on loan biting the hand that feeds him) and Chelsea (SF).
They were resilient during those ties... 'til they met a master tactician, who made them look meek in that