Euro 2016: Payet Emotional Scoring, Winning Against Romania

The difference is that better sides will ruthlessly punish France’s nervous, creaking back four the way Romania could not in a 2-1 defeat in their Euro 2016 opener on Friday night. The France midfielder provided the cross for Olivier Giroud to head in France’s 58th minute opener and then scored a spectacular late victor after Bogdan Stancu had leveled from the penalty spot.

Fabian Schaer’s early goal earned Switzerland a 1-0 victory over 10-man Albania Saturday to move joint top of Euro 2016 Group A. Defender Schaer headed home Xherdan Shaqiri’s corner in the fifth minute to give his team the three points.

“It was awesome but I think you have to say thanks to West Ham because he went to the Premier League, where it is a different game”. In the 89th minute of the match, he took a hit from just outside the box. Yugoslavia’s Dragan Džajić scored the only goal of the game to knock England out with a close range volley, and the era of England’s opening day woes began.

France’s Antoine Griezmann fails to score past Romania goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu, left, and Romania’s Vlad Chiriches, center, during the Euro 2016 Group A soccer match between France and Romania, at the Stade de France, in.

Evra said Payet’s move to West Ham had taken his game to another level, recalling the impact of his own move to Manchester United.

Bogdan Stancu missed gilt-edged chances at the start of each half but the Romania striker made no mistake from the penalty spot after Nicolae Stanciu went down under a challenge from Patrice Evra.

“He’s an attacking player, but is also someone who helps out the team”. Impressed by his performance on the pitch, former France global Thierry Henry congratulated him and said that this was his sweet revenge for the 2014 World Cup snub in Brazil.

Payet said he had been overcome by the way he has fought his way into the French team. “The emotion he showed at the end was the same for all of us, we all felt like that”. “We need wins like this, but I don’t want to suffer like this in every game”.

Germany, Spain, Italy, England and other rivals for the European title can not have failed to notice France’s frailties in defence and Payet’s inspirational performance. The most important thing is the victory. “We believed until the end”.

Just when it seemed like the dogged Romanian side will walk away with a point in the opening game, Payet produced one of the best goals we will witness in this tournament.

Giroud’s strength proved to be a big plus for France, as his constant tugging created pressure on the Romanian defense.