Time and time again, throughout his first season, Dimitri Payet showed why he his one of the best dead-ball specialists in the world.
The West Ham midfielder show once more on Monday night, why he will be one of the most feared players at Euro 2016. The 29-year-old scored the winning goal in a 3-2 win over Cameroon in Nantes. Payet scored in the final minute of normal time as France played their penultimate warm-up game before Euro 2016.
GOOOOOL! Dimitri Payet met een fantastische vrije trap! Frankrijk verslaat Kameroen met 3-2 #FraKam #ZiggoSport pic.twitter.com/Z2sLXXgUCv
— Ziggo Sport Totaal (@ZiggoSport) May 30, 2016
Despite Payet's undoubted prowess, Juventus' Paul Pogba will be expected to be the star of the show for the home nation. Against Cameroon, he showed what fans can expect from him, with an outstanding assist to set up Olivier Giroud, to score the side's second goal.
Giroud met de 2-1 voor Frankrijk, maar wat een heerlijke assist van Paul Pogba zeg!! #FraKam #ZiggoSport pic.twitter.com/c3XQG7hlCr
— Ziggo Sport Totaal (@ZiggoSport) May 30, 2016
France's final warm-up game takes place on Saturday against Scotland in Metz. Didier Deschamps' team go into the tournament as one of the favourites to win the title. They begin the tournament in the opening game against Romania on June 10th in the Stade de France.
