Football Soccer - France v Republic of Ireland - EURO 2016 - Round of 16 - Stade de Lyon, Lyon, France - 26/6/16 France's Paul Pogba in action REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Livepic
PARIS (Reuters) - The day Euro 2016 kicked off, Paul Pogba's youthful face featured on the front page of L'Equipe, flanked by pictures of France's all-time greats Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane.
It was the French sports daily's way of illustrating just how much the host nation was expecting from the 23-year-old midfielder -- maybe too much.
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