Football Soccer - France v Albania - EURO 2016 - Group A - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France - 15/6/16 France's Dimitri Payet celebrates after scoring their second goal REUTERS/Eddie Keogh Livepic
PARIS (Reuters) - 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.
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