Mission accomplished by France, who blended slickness and jitters throughout but were uplifted at the last by Payet, their best player on the night and the scorer of a superb winning goal. That’s a nice start for the hosts to build on, even if plenty of improvement will be needed for them to win here on July 10.
WHAT A GOAL! France 2-1 Romania
(Payet 89)
He was the man of the match even before he received a clever short pass from Kanté at the edge of the area - and jinked to his left and curled a sumptuous shot into the top corner! This time last year it didn’t even look like he’d be picked for the tournament, now it looks like he’s won the opening match with a sumptuous goal!
