29-year-old French national team forward became the real leader of the French national team in the opening match of the 2016 European Championship, helping to beat the Romanian team.
Yesterday, at the "Stade de France" stadium in the opening match of "EURO 2016", the French defeated the Romanians with a score of 2-1 at the end of the match. After the successful pass of D. Payet, the hosts gained an advantage, but soon the guests equalized the score from the penalty spot. However, the hero of the match, D. Payet, expanded the victory for the tournament hosts with a powerful shot from about 20 meters in the 89th minute.
The French national team player, who also plays for "West Ham" club, did not hide his joy and added that they were hindered by excitement in these matches: "There was a lot of stress and pressure. If someone had told me a year ago that there would be such matches, I definitely would not have believed it."
"In the first 15 minutes, we played a bit stiff, but our opponents looked good too. Perhaps it was even good that we didn't win by two or three goals. In that case, you can start trusting yourself too much, but after these matches, we are convinced that it won't be easy here," - concluded D. Payet, recognized as the best player of the match.
The head coach of the French national team, Didier Deschamps, said after the meeting that his team was affected by excitement when the pressure on the Romanians was not ceased at that time.
"The atmosphere was thrilling and we had to pay for it. The Romanians had nothing to lose, and we could lose everything. Not everything was perfect, the Romanians caused us a lot of problems. The start was quite timid, but after letting in attacking players, we looked better," - added D. Deschamps.
