Dimitri Payet Selamatkan Muka Tuan Rumah Euro 2016 di Laga Perdana
Dimitri Payet Scores Late Winner to Save of Euro 2016 Hosts in Tournament Opener
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
MEREKA punya Payet. Dimitri Payet. Dan siapa yang tidak mengenalnya kini akan faham pada kemampuannya.
Dia lebih hebat dari Zinedine Zidane? Nah, waktu yang akan membuktikan kemampuannya; tapi ini kemampuannya seperti terpengaruh Zizou, dan itu memenangkan timnas Prancis.
Seandainya Payet ditarik keluar mungkin pertandingan akan berakhir draw, bahkan mungkin kekalahan bagi tuan rumah. Kesimpulannya sesederhana itu. Dia mencetak gol pertama untuk Olivier Giroud, juga, dan ini bisa mengantarnya pencetak gol terbanyak pada turnamen 90 menit jika pemain Arsenal ini memanfaatkan peluangnya.
Kemudian, ketika pertandingan dimulai dan Payet akhirnya menyadari bahwa jika ia ingin timnya menang maka dia bisa saja terpaksa melakukannya sendiri, ia merebut tiga poin dari Rumania, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
'Rumania bisa saja menurunkan ketiga kipernya dan gawang mereka tetap akan kebobolan," kata Thierry Henry, yang faham betul bagaimana mencetak gol. 'Payet menebus kemenangan untuk Prancis malam ini.'
THEY'VE got Payet. Dimitri Payet. And anyone who did not understand does now.
Better than Zinedine Zidane? Well, let’s not get carried away; but this was a performance of Zizou-like influence, and it won France the game.
Take Payet away and this is a draw, maybe even a defeat for the hosts. It really is that simple. He made the first goal for Olivier Giroud, too, and could have made him tournament top scorer in 90 minutes if the Arsenal man had capitalised on his chances.
Then, when the cent dropped and Payet finally realised that if he wanted this match won he was just going to have to do it himself, he seized all three points from Romania with a minute to spare.
‘Romania could have played all three goalkeepers and they wouldn’t have saved that,’ said Thierry Henry, who knew a thing or two about scoring. ‘Payet bailed France out tonight.’
