Will magnificent Dimitri Payet end our Euro voyage?

Plenty of reasons have been propounded for Dimitri Payet’s meteoric rise from international underachiever to France’s outstanding player at Euro 2016 — but the best words to explain it probably came from Didier Deschamps.

“Football becomes simple when you can fire the ball into the top corner,” the France coach said, referring to his attacking midfielder’s newly-discovered habit of scoring sensational goals.

What Deschamps meant is that Payet, whose unique vision and skills are nothing new, now also has discovered the confidence needed to turn a match around.