Saturday, July 9, 2016

Hooligans the low, Iceland's cry among highs of Euro 2016 (The Associated Press)

France supporters in Marseille, southern France, celebrate the 5th goal during the Euro 2016 quarterfinal soccer match between France and Iceland played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, Sunday, July 3, 2016. France won 5-2. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Of the 107 goals before Sunday's final, where France plays Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the tournament's 51st game, one of the best was scored in the first match. Dimitri Payet's curling, left-footed late winner for the under-pressure host nation against Romania made the West Ham winger the first darling of a tournament where expected stars barely glittered, to name just goalless German forward Thomas Mueller and his Bayern Munich teammate Robert Lewandowski.


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