For sure, Payet savior of France... He was the surprise in the 11 (many people thought Martial was going to play), but was definitely the best player in the team.... Giroud also shaken a bit of Romania excellent defense, really liked Chiriches and Grigore. Hoban very good too, like Pei wrote... Actually, all Romania team was a pleasant surprise, high pressure all over France team (except for the 2nd goal, too much space for Payet firing that missile)... And that number 10 Stanciu has magic in his feet.
Pogba is a real enigma for me. He is talented, no doubt of that, but he brings nothing to the team. Evra was catastrophic yesterday.
As I said to my friends weeks ago, Romania can be "a pain in the ass" for any team..
Pogba is one of those guys were he might not be playing well, but can suddendly turn a match to France... I was surprised when he came out and I didn't see France getting better without him... But indeed, everyone was expecting much more from him.
Evra was completely overrun, I can't even remember him winning any ball against Romania right wing... I was even telling to a friend that Evra was playing very badly when he does the tackle for the penalty.
France was the most favourite team in this first round, I believe their odds are now smaller than Germany or Spain.
3 matches per day now, except for Group F day and still with Copa America matches... 5 matches today!
