Payet: "If someone had told me a year ago it would be happening this way, I wouldn’t have believed them." However, the impressive Payet, who had been behind almost every France opportunity, was on hand to save the day. Collecting the ball from N'Golo Kante, Payet cut inside and struck a vicious drive into the top corner, sending the crowd into raptures. France next take on Albania in Marseille on Wednesday after Romania play Switzerland in Paris. Eight minutes later, however, Stancu coolly converted a penalty after Patrice Evra's clumsy foul on Nicolae Stanciu.

Source: dna June 11, 2016 03:55 UTC