:00:14. > :00:15.# Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie
:00:16. > :00:19.# Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires
:00:20. > :00:23.# Qui eclatent et rebondissent autour de moi
:00:24. > :00:29.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine
:00:30. > :00:31.# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre
:00:32. > :00:35.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine
:00:36. > :00:38.# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre
:00:39. > :00:43.# Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent
:00:44. > :01:09.Good evening and welcome to the rerun of the opening match of Euro
:01:10. > :01:14.2016. Hosts France against Romania. The Stade de France is a nerve
:01:15. > :01:18.tingling experience tonight. France, the hosts, kickers off and get those
:01:19. > :01:31.underway. And get Euro 2016 going. 20 years ago these sides met at St
:01:32. > :01:42.James' Park and France won that game 1-0 with a goal from Christophe
:01:43. > :01:47.Dugarry. Anghel Iordanescu was a Romanian coach, just as he is
:01:48. > :01:52.tonight. Romania defending the goal to your right, all in yellow. It is
:01:53. > :01:56.important to start the tournament so well. Seven of the 11 teams who have
:01:57. > :02:07.won the opening match of the European finals have gone on to lift
:02:08. > :02:14.the trophy. An early feel of the ball for Cyprian and. He has had an
:02:15. > :02:26.excellent season with Fiorentina, the six goalkeeper. Away by Rami. He
:02:27. > :02:34.won the Europa League with Sevilla this season. Chiriches, second cap
:02:35. > :02:52.for the former Tottenham man. And the first words from Matt Lawrence.
:02:53. > :02:56.-- Mark Lawrenson. The show from David Guetta was absolutely
:02:57. > :03:02.brilliant. It is no coincidence that they are running all over the place.
:03:03. > :03:07.It was dramatic, simple and short. Be honest, would it not be one of
:03:08. > :03:14.the best we have seen? Certainly was. Very touching, I thought.
:03:15. > :03:17.Dragos Grigore and Vlad Chiriches were the backbone of the
:03:18. > :03:23.qualification campaign for their fifth finals. They have only one one
:03:24. > :03:28.game of at the European Championship finals, against England in 2000.
:03:29. > :03:36.Only time they have got out of the group stage. Bob and Stancu, the
:03:37. > :03:51.number 19, places football in Turkey. Not to be mistaken with
:03:52. > :04:07.Stanciu, the Number Ten. Flicked on by Pogba. The first real effort of
:04:08. > :04:15.Euro 2016 falls to one of the Steaua Bucharest players. DDA dish player
:04:16. > :04:19.and captain who won the World Cup in this very stadium. It is a big
:04:20. > :04:30.tournament for Giroud. He has had a decent season. Only Sergio Aguero
:04:31. > :04:41.and Lukaku have scored more league goals since he made his Arsenal
:04:42. > :04:48.debut. Away by Rami. Played in the last two warm up games. He has to
:04:49. > :05:03.chase. Dovetailing in behind was Koscielny of Arsenal. He just dealt
:05:04. > :05:09.with the issue. Laurent Blanc pick Rami for his first nine
:05:10. > :05:15.internationals alongside Philippe Mexes who has long since disappeared
:05:16. > :05:18.from the international scene. That was brilliantly saved and away and
:05:19. > :05:22.Romania could have been in front or stop point-blank reaction,
:05:23. > :05:34.Superstock. World class reaction save. Brilliant. Denying Rumania and
:05:35. > :05:43.Bogdan Stancu. The French goalkeeper on his toes. That time it goes over.
:05:44. > :05:47.Trouble for the French defence at set pieces and 46% of their goals
:05:48. > :05:55.conceded under the current management have come from set
:05:56. > :06:04.pieces. Two free headers, two corners. It is a worry. Florin
:06:05. > :06:08.Andone getting across his marker. He was the top scorer in the Spanish
:06:09. > :06:13.second division this season. That was the first one from Stancu. It
:06:14. > :06:17.has been a bright opening. We thought that Romania would just sit
:06:18. > :06:44.in. How wrong we were. Rats. Ngolo Kante has been very popular
:06:45. > :06:50.this season. He's one of the Premier League players in the French side,
:06:51. > :07:02.but how much longer with Europe 's elite preparing to swoop.
:07:03. > :07:23.Andone going with Rami. At least he didn't give a corner kick away.
:07:24. > :07:27.The very talented Real Madrid defender is out. That is why he is
:07:28. > :07:34.in. Rat will take the throne. --
:07:35. > :07:55.throw-in. Stanciu. Payet. He is held in great
:07:56. > :07:59.affection by the French fans, Payet. He has only won his place in the
:08:00. > :08:11.side this season. It comes on to Matuidi. A treble winner in domestic
:08:12. > :08:21.football this season. Pogba will get licensed to move forward and wonder.
:08:22. > :08:31.He said it does not work asking him to play in the Number Ten role.
:08:32. > :08:49.Payet. Can he use the long strider Pogba? Out wide to Bacary Sagna.
:08:50. > :09:01.Great idea. Lovely little run by Griezmann. Anghel Iordanescu scored
:09:02. > :09:06.on the day the last time Romania beat France in an international,
:09:07. > :09:15.over 40 years ago. I believe that was a foul. Very lively pace. I am
:09:16. > :09:21.not sure that I have seen an opening game with such a strong quick pace.
:09:22. > :09:30.Especially when the expectation was that Romania would sit back. Here
:09:31. > :09:38.they come on another attack. Anghel Iordanescu, the Romania coach being
:09:39. > :09:55.dubbed as the coach of the century. He was a manager in the heady days
:09:56. > :10:04.of the 90s when he took Romania to the World Cup quarterfinals in 1994.
:10:05. > :10:24.Stancu seeing a lot of the ball. Good challenge on Hoban.
:10:25. > :10:28.I think the French are startled a little bit by this start that
:10:29. > :10:47.Romania have made. Pogba. Diagonally towards Payet.
:10:48. > :10:56.Chancellor Griezmann, deflected off and over. -- a chance for Griezmann.
:10:57. > :11:04.He has been in magnificent form for Atletico Madrid. Hotly tipped to be
:11:05. > :11:07.the top scorer in this tournament, Griezmann, seven goals in the
:11:08. > :11:12.friendlies building up to this competition. He has played 18 times
:11:13. > :11:20.since the last World Cup finals. No one else has played more than him in
:11:21. > :11:26.a French shirt since 2014. Giroud the target, a little bit of shirt
:11:27. > :11:34.pulling in there. Payet looking for Giroud. Good chance for France.
:11:35. > :11:40.Almost as big a chance as Romania. Great play by Payet with the step
:11:41. > :11:46.further and lovely little cross. The Euro 2016 -- the Stade de France and
:11:47. > :11:50.French fans have booed Olivier Giroud. But now they are singing his
:11:51. > :12:07.name. He has, for France, 17 goals. He is
:12:08. > :12:09.the only French player out there with more than ten goals for his
:12:10. > :12:20.country. He is some size, Pogba, it isn't he?
:12:21. > :12:40.He is a beast of a footballer. Dimitri Payet, moving into a more
:12:41. > :13:03.central position. Nicolae Stanciu, didn't play any of
:13:04. > :13:12.the qualifiers. His in this team with a blossoming reputation.
:13:13. > :16:40.32 goals for Atletico Madrid this season, Griezmann.
:16:41. > :16:43.Everything that is good about France at the moment is coming from the
:16:44. > :17:16.boot of Pogba. The French fans singing the La
:17:17. > :17:24.Marseillaise. It is one of the best anthems, is it not? Pogba wants the
:17:25. > :17:30.ball. He has always wanted the ball, ever since he was a Young man coming
:17:31. > :17:39.into the game. Described as the future of the game. Patrice Evra,
:17:40. > :17:50.look at the space ahead of him. Griezmann. Look at the tenacity of
:17:51. > :18:07.Griezmann, winning it back. He does that for Atletico Madrid. He does it
:18:08. > :18:12.all the time. Looking for Giroud. Couple of goals in the warm up game
:18:13. > :18:18.against Scotland recently. Starting to find it a little bit difficult,
:18:19. > :18:32.Romania. Early onslaught, could have been 1-0 in front as well.
:18:33. > :19:11.They have got some ageing legs out there.
:19:12. > :19:32.Before he was at Atletico Madrid, he was at Real Sociedad. He impressed
:19:33. > :19:34.them well he was on trial for Montpelier. Had some spies there and
:19:35. > :20:02.then they took him to Spain. Bacary Sagna, regular right these
:20:03. > :20:16.days. Much better for Romania over the last few years. Played a couple
:20:17. > :20:28.of games since March because of an injury, Vlad Chiriches.
:20:29. > :21:02.Florin Andone with the challenge, settles for the throw.
:21:03. > :21:31.20 minutes played. That has sailed by, hasn't it? Koscielny, one of the
:21:32. > :21:44.best central defenders in Europe now, would you agree? Yes, I won't
:21:45. > :21:53.argue with that. 16 year career at six clubs. Pogba, they call him the
:21:54. > :22:01.motorcycle. Hasn't got into gear yet.
:22:02. > :22:20.Stade de France is rocking. The 20,000 Romanians are playing their
:22:21. > :22:34.part as well. The Tricolours, being waived. Mihai Pintilii, the
:22:35. > :22:42.challenge there. Pogba, over runs the ball. You think you can go and
:22:43. > :22:53.win it, but he just keeps nipping it past you. Fall was a bit theatrical.
:22:54. > :23:02.Think he was trying to make sure he wasn't injured. Was captain of
:23:03. > :23:06.France's under 20 World Cup winning side three years ago. Dimitri Payet,
:23:07. > :23:35.looks for Griezmann. Off-side against Giroud. Pogba,
:23:36. > :23:45.again. Fantastic vision. Whipped it in right footed. Quick look, bang!
:23:46. > :23:52.Pulling the strings at the moment, Europe's Young Player of the Year
:23:53. > :23:55.from 2013. And the Young player of the tournament in Brazil at the
:23:56. > :24:39.World Cup finals. The first phase of matches and the
:24:40. > :25:06.group stage since 1996 and four years ago, have ended in draws.
:25:07. > :25:28.You can praise the referee, he is letting the game flow. He is an
:25:29. > :25:29.experienced man. He was the referee when Barcelona beat Manchester
:25:30. > :25:45.United. Given away. And if you can see
:25:46. > :25:58.Anghel Iordanescu, he was unhappy the Romanian coach. Good player in
:25:59. > :26:11.his time, Anghel Iordanescu. Think I might have played against him. Good
:26:12. > :26:24.ball to Giroud. Just sneaked away from Dragos Grigore. Dragos Grigore,
:26:25. > :26:31.he was in no man's land. Only played 180 minutes of football in two
:26:32. > :26:35.months, because of injury. Proved his fitness, just stretching in
:26:36. > :26:44.time. Rami arrives at the far post. Another corner. Just in the last 30
:26:45. > :26:51.seconds, the goalkeeper has been a bit all over the place. At six foot
:26:52. > :26:53.six, he needs to be coming and claiming them. France have their
:26:54. > :27:12.third corner. No holding, yet. This time the
:27:13. > :27:16.goalkeeper does better. Playing Europa League football next season
:27:17. > :27:34.with Fiorentino, if he stays. Rami, made his debut in 2010. His
:27:35. > :27:42.29th International. Koscielny. Pogba.
:27:43. > :27:52.Is he an attacking midfield player or a defensive midfield player. The
:27:53. > :28:02.answer was, neither, he goes where he wants. He is just a player,
:28:03. > :28:08.really. A top player. 12 divots being taken out of the service,
:28:09. > :28:11.alarmingly at this stage. Has been very wet in Paris in recent weeks.
:28:12. > :28:29.Giroud, with the cross in. The pre-game show would not have
:28:30. > :28:45.helped the pitch, would it? He was going to go for goal and he did. He
:28:46. > :28:55.is definitely a bums off seats player, isn't he? Is not Ashley
:28:56. > :29:00.scored for France since 2014. In this season Matuidi has a better
:29:01. > :29:04.scoring record and has been more creative in terms of goals. -- he
:29:05. > :29:19.has not actually scored for France. 0-0. Romania, 150-1 outsiders for
:29:20. > :29:34.the competition. They have done what they do well. They have dug in. And
:29:35. > :29:45.had one or two surprises. Kante. Chiriches gets across. It is a heavy
:29:46. > :29:54.surface and a warm night out there. Testing conditions for an opener. A
:29:55. > :30:11.little bit. Tickled down the line by Rat. Andone, the 23-year-old centre
:30:12. > :30:18.forward conceding the free kick. You went to Spain when he was a toddler,
:30:19. > :30:26.his mother being tragically killed in a car crash. Aston Villa and
:30:27. > :30:42.Southampton are said to be looking at him.
:30:43. > :30:57.Good work by the Romanian midfield. Hoban and Pintilii are very strong
:30:58. > :31:01.physically. One of the cornerstones of the qualification campaign. He
:31:02. > :31:14.stays down as Matuidi goes away. Payet can shoot from there. Hoban
:31:15. > :31:20.getting the block in for Romania. Pintilii has stayed down. He just
:31:21. > :31:30.seemed to get hurt when he was chasing Matuidi. Looks like he has
:31:31. > :31:41.fallen on the boot of Matuidi at the end. Just there. A painful one
:31:42. > :31:48.around the rib cage. Yes, not too many spare around there! It is a
:31:49. > :31:58.long time since I have seen my rib cage! Another Romanian player in his
:31:59. > :32:19.30s. Five of the remaining side have gone
:32:20. > :32:23.the on their 30th birthday. Adil Rami had to eat humble pie after
:32:24. > :32:30.being recalled to the squad. He was critical of the decision to leave
:32:31. > :32:37.him out, then Raphael Varane got injured, and so he was recalled.
:32:38. > :32:45.That is quite big dish on, though, as well, isn't it? He doesn't
:32:46. > :32:55.suffer. I can. He has made a couple of virtual decisions and stood by
:32:56. > :33:09.them. -- a couple of controversial decisions. That is game to be a red
:33:10. > :33:21.card for Chiriches. The first yellow card of Euro 2016. The Romanian
:33:22. > :33:34.captain. He didn't like the decision. Played less than 50 games
:33:35. > :33:39.for Spurs in two years there. Tended to be exposed at the top level in a
:33:40. > :33:54.Tottenham shirt, but he has been brilliant for Romania, Chiriches.
:33:55. > :34:06.They are no mugs, Romania, they have lost just once in the last 18
:34:07. > :34:15.internationals. Good idea by Rami, but that is not the ball for Giroud,
:34:16. > :34:24.that is a Griezmann pass, really. 17 clean sheets in the last 25 games,
:34:25. > :34:28.Romania. Cannot score at the other end. Only a Baker's dozen in that
:34:29. > :34:45.time. France have never lost a competitive
:34:46. > :34:58.game against Romania. Frustrations are growing. Rami hid his own
:34:59. > :35:06.player, there. 1-2, isn't it? The sides drew their only previous
:35:07. > :35:17.meeting here, a World Cup qualifier in 2009, the score, 1-1. Their only
:35:18. > :35:22.other European finals meeting was a mill nor draw in Zurich, in 2008,
:35:23. > :35:33.which was Romania 's last finals appearance. -- a 0-0 draw.
:35:34. > :35:49.Stanciu. It was a hopeful ball for Andone to get. That was only one
:35:50. > :36:00.person for Stanciu to hit. And it was such a quick break.
:36:01. > :36:05.Five of the last ten competitive meetings between these sites have
:36:06. > :36:14.ended in draws. -- sides. Has not had a great season at club
:36:15. > :36:37.level, Chiriches. They could and should have been in
:36:38. > :36:47.front. Giroud awaits the keeper 's clearance.
:36:48. > :37:21.Rami. Distribution has lacked quality from him so the. -- so far.
:37:22. > :37:29.Griezmann, so close. How did the French get in in the first place?
:37:30. > :37:35.That is a problem for Romania. It was a fantastic all by Payet. Just
:37:36. > :37:40.the pace alone, you have got to hit it first time, which is exactly what
:37:41. > :37:46.a Griezmann did. He opened himself up to hit it. He was unlucky. Giroud
:37:47. > :38:01.was appealing for a corner. It was a corner. Should have been. The short,
:38:02. > :38:06.cruelly dubbed the water carrier by Eric Cantona. -- DDD shops. --
:38:07. > :38:19.Didier Deschamps. He gave a half-time speech in that
:38:20. > :38:28.game after the manager in that game, Didier Deschamps, and he was
:38:29. > :38:33.absolutely brilliant. Griezmann just offside. Good understanding between
:38:34. > :38:34.the pair. First time we have seen that understanding, that flick by
:38:35. > :39:06.Giroud. Away by Rami and again by Pogba.
:39:07. > :39:14.France in 84, among the host nations to have won the European
:39:15. > :39:22.Championships. They lost the opening game. They could have been behind.
:39:23. > :39:30.They could have scored at the other end. And that is a wayward foot by
:39:31. > :39:37.Koscielny, high on and only. -- on Andone. The Arsenal defender was
:39:38. > :39:45.quick to wave away any sort of possible decision but he left a foot
:39:46. > :39:52.waggling and a challenge on the Cordoba striker. He has stayed down.
:39:53. > :39:59.The referee is going to assess whether he thinks Andone is going to
:40:00. > :40:07.need the physiotherapist. He catches him, does he not? That is a foul.
:40:08. > :40:14.Was he trying to pull this foot away at the last moment? That is a
:40:15. > :40:21.penalty. I'm not sure that he was in the actual penalty area, but that
:40:22. > :40:31.was definitely a foul. He got away with that, Kashani. -- Koscielny.
:40:32. > :40:41.That happens too often in his career. Almost a lazy type of
:40:42. > :40:47.challenge by a centre-back. He had a brilliant season for Arsenal. You
:40:48. > :40:55.cannot deny that, really. The French supporters are booing Andone. 60,000
:40:56. > :41:07.of them here. Surprise, surprise, he's moving well!
:41:08. > :41:16.Romania down to ten men with Andone of the field late. France getting
:41:17. > :41:18.forward again with Pogba to Evra. He is 35. He wants to go on until he is
:41:19. > :41:41.40, he says. Such a good defensive record in
:41:42. > :41:54.qualifying, but in recent friendlies they looked very brittle, conceding
:41:55. > :41:56.four goals in that game, Romania. That was a one defeat, no tackling
:41:57. > :42:07.game, though. Koscielny, has won caps for France
:42:08. > :42:43.now. -- 30 caps. One game in Euro 12,
:42:44. > :42:51.Lorenz Koscielny. Deflected away. Flag Chirico 's went up with him. --
:42:52. > :43:06.Vlad Chiriches. No host nature and has won the
:43:07. > :43:20.opening game of a European final since Belgian beat Sweden.
:43:21. > :43:29.Koscielny, free kick. Florin Andone, naughty boy. He is getting his own
:43:30. > :43:50.back. France, dominating possession and
:43:51. > :43:55.Romania doing the chasing. In 1984, France won their opening game en
:43:56. > :44:07.route to winning the title across the city.
:44:08. > :44:32.Payet, the rudimentary challenge stopped him there. He is always
:44:33. > :44:46.going to cut inside. He thinks so quickly on his feet. You nearly
:44:47. > :44:57.always foul him. Mihai Pintilii, the offender.
:44:58. > :45:17.Dropped in shorts. Pogba Axel couldn't make any contact. It was a
:45:18. > :45:30.disappointing free kick from the quality of a man like Payet.
:45:31. > :45:42.Only has five goals for his country in 31 games.
:45:43. > :45:58.If you want to find fault in what is a tremendous talent. This is going
:45:59. > :46:03.to be interesting. It is a yellow card. The rules have changed on
:46:04. > :46:09.this. If contact is made to the face. Rat is the man who has been
:46:10. > :46:17.yellow carded. It is Giroud, when he first caught him, he holds his face,
:46:18. > :46:24.quite rightly so. And then the next thing, he is holding his leg.
:46:25. > :46:32.Striking the head or face when not challenge for the ball is a red
:46:33. > :46:39.card. Unless the force used is negligible. Two minutes of stoppage
:46:40. > :46:54.time in the opening match of Euro 2016. Payet strikes it in. It is a
:46:55. > :47:09.loose. Vlad she reaches, clears it up again.
:47:10. > :47:27.Strong pressure at the end of the half by the hosts. It is a ball you
:47:28. > :47:32.have to defend. Fourth corner of the game for France. Payet will take it.
:47:33. > :47:41.Can be cracked the best defence from qualifying? In a comms... Giroud!
:47:42. > :47:48.Hit low. It was another chance. It has taken the target, it was a free
:47:49. > :47:53.header. Lovely little ball, as well. Not good enough from your main
:47:54. > :48:01.striker. Not good enough. The longer it goes on for him, if he misses
:48:02. > :48:11.chances, you will hear the name of Karim Benz are -- Karim Benzema from
:48:12. > :48:39.the fans. He is in LA at the moment. You did
:48:40. > :48:48.mean LA, California and not lower Accrington. The first half has flown
:48:49. > :48:54.by. Two big chances have come at the way of Giroud, after Griezmann also
:48:55. > :49:08.hit the upright. But the first chance of the game came to Romania.
:49:09. > :49:17.Bogdan Stancu saved by Hugo Lloris. No goals at half-time. Romania, all
:49:18. > :49:23.in yellow cake of in the second half. There are worrying statistics
:49:24. > :49:29.for France to consider. Romania have 17 clean sheets in the last 25
:49:30. > :49:39.internationals. France, in their last eight European finals matches
:49:40. > :49:41.have drawn blanks. Florin Andone, testing the French defence right at
:49:42. > :50:01.the start of the half. Florin Andone, got away from
:50:02. > :50:09.Koscielny. But not from the covering Abdul Rami. Romania have started the
:50:10. > :50:19.half on the front foot is, as they did the first.
:50:20. > :50:30.Right back. He refused to play for the previous manager. Christians
:50:31. > :50:53.suck the narrow. Nearly a full house here tonight.
:50:54. > :51:20.The vacant seats are one that were charged up to ?450 by Uefa.
:51:21. > :51:31.I really, really good opportunity. Couldn't hit the back of the net.
:51:32. > :51:38.Hit the target from there. Big opportunity. Massive chance the
:51:39. > :51:46.Romania. The French just stood and watched. Has to be the target. There
:51:47. > :51:59.is a massive gap to Hugo Lloris's left-hand side. Massive gap. Scored
:52:00. > :52:14.two big goals and qualification in the away draw in Finland. I wonder
:52:15. > :52:17.whether or not Romania will try to exploit the French fullbacks in this
:52:18. > :52:57.second half. Sanyo, is 33. They may tire in the
:52:58. > :53:24.second half. -- sat nav. Such a poor header from Bacary
:53:25. > :53:25.Sagna. Romania have started the second half like they started the
:53:26. > :53:43.first. We will be surprised if Romania can
:53:44. > :53:48.go all the way, but it reads can do it and if Leicester City can win the
:53:49. > :53:57.Premier France, have their back to the walls
:53:58. > :54:23.in the opening moments of the second half.
:54:24. > :54:47.Mitu read, rode one challenge. Court by the second. -- Mitu lead. They
:54:48. > :55:43.have got some great energy in there. Shook Pogba in that mix.
:55:44. > :55:59.Griezmann. Payet. Good interchange. Passes into Giroud! He has had three
:56:00. > :56:13.big chances in the game. This time, he got his shot on target. Will it
:56:14. > :56:25.come back to haunt the French FA, the Karim Benzema saga? A few
:56:26. > :56:47.players not in the squad. Good climb by Rami. Rami wouldn't
:56:48. > :56:57.have been in the squad had Sako not been banned. Giroud, did everything
:56:58. > :57:02.right, in fairness. Does have a good goal-scoring record, but in terms of
:57:03. > :57:08.goals scored from chances he has, it is not too healthy. The referee saw
:57:09. > :57:24.nothing wrong with that challenge on the Tweedie. He has let the play go.
:57:25. > :57:34.Longchamps, and those three weeks towards the end of the season, he
:57:35. > :57:46.played just under two Lars football for PSG in their treble winning
:57:47. > :57:53.season. Not quite a capacity crowd at the Stade de France, the stadium
:57:54. > :57:57.built for the World Cup finals in 1998, the only stadium in the world
:57:58. > :58:04.told a World Cup final in both football and Rugby Union. The
:58:05. > :58:14.referee has allowed that to go on. Play on Somma says the referee. --
:58:15. > :58:26.play on,. Interesting that the referee was going to let that go.
:58:27. > :58:36.Maybe that is it, let's try and let the games flow. Let's hope so. It
:58:37. > :58:40.would be good if it is. Normally, we see a plethora of cards in the
:58:41. > :58:50.opening game to set a marker for the rest of the tournament. We have seen
:58:51. > :58:56.only two, one for Stanciu. He has scored in his last three
:58:57. > :58:59.internationals, the 23-year-old from Steaua Bucuresti. He is the big hope
:59:00. > :59:16.of Romanian football. Andone. Good defensive work by Rami.
:59:17. > :59:27.France of not use the ball well. Outcomes lorries. -- Hugo Lloris.
:59:28. > :59:33.Patrice Evra has played in five European finals.
:59:34. > :59:45.Pogba, France need to get him on the ball. Outrageous pass. Griezmann to
:59:46. > :59:53.Payet. Pogba has continued his run. He started it and nearly got on the
:59:54. > :00:06.end of it. Romania big in again, as they have done all the way through.
:00:07. > :00:13.-- dig in. Griezmann isolated on Chiriches, who is on my yellow.
:00:14. > :00:23.Giroud at the far post. Brilliant by Payet, and Pogba! That would have
:00:24. > :00:29.been stupendous. He didn't do a lot wrong, Pogba. Great play by Payet
:00:30. > :00:38.yet again. Decent strike, very good save. And the long run back to his
:00:39. > :00:47.last French goal continues, against Portugal in 2014. The fifth French
:00:48. > :01:02.corner gets the tricolours waving in the stands. Payet swings it away.
:01:03. > :01:11.Koscielny was in there. Koscielny has stayed up. Good cross, Giroud
:01:12. > :01:20.attacks it and scores, and France are head. And now they sing his
:01:21. > :01:27.name. And now they cheer for Olivier Giroud. Will he have won them over
:01:28. > :01:33.at last? He's had three big chances and squandered them, but Olivier
:01:34. > :01:38.Giroud scores the first ball of Euro 2016 and put the hosts ahead. It
:01:39. > :01:45.will be interesting to see the remaining goalkeeper here. Whether
:01:46. > :01:52.he got there late or not. Decent ball in by Payet. The goalkeeper,
:01:53. > :02:03.what is he doing? Dear, oh dear, oh dear. Oh, my goodness. Soap in the
:02:04. > :02:19.shower! He's six foot six. He weighs my aunt
:02:20. > :02:26.14 stone. But when he jumps, years four foot eight! He has got the
:02:27. > :02:37.claim that. He certainly has. France don't care. You create a fantastic
:02:38. > :02:45.opportunity, the great shot by Pogba, then you score a goal like
:02:46. > :02:49.that. Great French names of their football past and present have been
:02:50. > :02:53.saying how important this competition is to the nation. Didier
:02:54. > :02:59.Deschamps said that the big competition allows the French people
:03:00. > :03:06.a chance to escape from current political misery and last year 's
:03:07. > :03:14.nightmare. They are bobbing up and down and singing and chanting and
:03:15. > :03:25.dreaming here. Approaching the hour mark, France are head. What have
:03:26. > :03:34.Romania got? What is plan B? -- France are ahead.
:03:35. > :03:43.Razvan Rat claiming that it hit Bacary Sagna on the upper arm, but
:03:44. > :03:51.definitely a corner. It hit him in the face. They have not been great
:03:52. > :04:01.at defending corners, France. In it comes to the near post. Again,
:04:02. > :04:07.Andone got marker. -- got across his marker. It is all a bit worrying
:04:08. > :04:26.going forward for France. A couple of chances for Andone.
:04:27. > :04:37.Romania to make a substitution. He has had two chances, he will have no
:04:38. > :04:44.more, and he will be replaced by Denis Alibec. He scored 19 goals
:04:45. > :04:50.domestically. His previous best tally of the season was nine. He has
:04:51. > :04:53.got a broken hand. They say that he's going to Steaua Bucuresti this
:04:54. > :05:08.summer. He will have to have a good tournament.
:05:09. > :05:18.I would imagine, as difficult to beat as Romania have been, that they
:05:19. > :05:20.will not be good at chasing the game. Do the stats tell you that?
:05:21. > :05:45.They certainly do now. Matuidi trip. "Marchands, marchands". It would be
:05:46. > :05:50.a proud night win the opener. Pogba stretches but
:05:51. > :06:10.could not get there. They have won it back. Here is
:06:11. > :06:16.Payet. What an outstanding gaming has had, Payet. There is nowhere
:06:17. > :06:24.that he should get that. Good clearance as well. They have only
:06:25. > :06:34.lost three of 32 competitive matches at the Stade de France, the host
:06:35. > :06:36.nation. Spain, Russia and Belarus are teams who have won competitive
:06:37. > :07:00.matches here against France. Towards Giroud. Eight goals in his
:07:01. > :07:17.last eight games for France now, Giroud. Patrice ever. He sees the
:07:18. > :07:18.run of Matuidi. So did Chiriches. Payet is becoming the game 's
:07:19. > :07:41.outstanding player tonight. Denis Alibec, the substitute, could
:07:42. > :07:50.not get there. Good interception from Adil Rami. He has answered a
:07:51. > :08:01.few questions tonight. Pop against a cross in. They had not convincing,
:08:02. > :08:05.Stanciu goes down, Romania appeal for the penalty, the referee thought
:08:06. > :08:13.about it, considers and gives the penalty. The mistake processed from
:08:14. > :08:20.a poor header from Sagna. They never really came to terms with it. There
:08:21. > :08:33.was a brush from Patrice Evra. A brush of the five. -- thigh. Mind
:08:34. > :08:46.you, no contact, no penalty. He has gone down very easily. Bogdan Stancu
:08:47. > :08:50.looks for his tent international goal and certainly the most
:08:51. > :09:15.important. Can Romania pegged back the hosts? 1-1. Bogdan Stancu, who
:09:16. > :09:28.plays his football N Turkey. He puts Anghel Iordanescu 's team back in
:09:29. > :09:33.the game. 1-1. France gave Romania a route back into the game and six
:09:34. > :09:39.minute after he saw his team taking the lead, it is 1-1. And the French
:09:40. > :09:40.response is immediate. Ofcom is Griezmann and on comes Kingsley
:09:41. > :09:54.Coman. -- off goes Griezmann. He is the bright hope to be the
:09:55. > :10:00.tournament 's top scorer, plenty of time yet. He is replaced by the man
:10:01. > :10:10.who is on loan at via Munich, of course. -- at Bayern Munich. He will
:10:11. > :10:20.play on the right of the three, won't he? He made his French debut
:10:21. > :10:21.on that ill-fated night, the 30th of November last year against Germany,
:10:22. > :10:33.the night of the Paris attacks. The Romania fans are having a wild
:10:34. > :10:53.party. Pogba to Rami. Payet. The magician. He gets it back
:10:54. > :11:29.again. Sagna arriving. Pogba. Payet surrounded but still
:11:30. > :11:36.manages to get the ball to Pogba. Comes across to Giroud. This time it
:11:37. > :11:42.is a French appeal, and the penalty isn't given. A suspicion that his
:11:43. > :11:51.shirt may have been pulled as the ball came in. It was only Giroud who
:11:52. > :12:05.appealed for a penalty, really. He was holding on to Chiriches, anyway.
:12:06. > :12:13.Two threes and a six. He is holding Chiriches by the rest, isn't he?
:12:14. > :12:16.Giroud wins that one. He has fouled his man and that is a yellow card
:12:17. > :12:21.for Olivier Giroud. He is protesting his innocence. The Romanian player
:12:22. > :12:38.goes down so quickly. I don't know. Sense of this season. -- sense of
:12:39. > :12:49.this season. In the Champions League for Arsenal. The new instruction to
:12:50. > :12:56.referees when there is contact to the head and face area, it will open
:12:57. > :13:00.things up, pressure put on referees again, for the interpretation. There
:13:01. > :13:08.is going to be inconsistency. This is the rule they have got to change.
:13:09. > :13:15.The guy who has been fouled has to go of the treatment and then needs
:13:16. > :13:18.permission to come back on. So your advantage is a disadvantage. The
:13:19. > :13:27.Romanian players are signalling to the bench that Mihai Pintilii cannot
:13:28. > :13:39.continue. Real swirling around his left eye.
:13:40. > :13:52.Lucian Sanmartean, can come on in that role. Romania look like they
:13:53. > :13:59.will make an adventurous substitution at 1-1. I cannot see
:14:00. > :14:14.the holding midfielder, my hi panty coming back on. -- Mihai Pintilii.
:14:15. > :14:21.The player they have lined up to come on is Alexandru Chipciu year.
:14:22. > :14:33.They have changed their minds, Romania.
:14:34. > :14:49.Mihai Pintilii, wants to come back on. Romania were going to bring on
:14:50. > :14:54.an attacking substitutes, change their minds, now Mihai Pintilii has
:14:55. > :15:35.come back on. On one Alexandru chip cool. Of goes
:15:36. > :15:44.the player who won the penalty, Stanciu. A hope for the future.
:15:45. > :15:48.Second forward at centre forward, he can play in a wide position. It is
:15:49. > :16:18.Romania's fourth corner. Giroud, if he had put his chances
:16:19. > :16:28.away, France would be home and clear now. That was a foul. Initially they
:16:29. > :16:32.look to have played on, but the referee has brought them back. It
:16:33. > :16:41.was a hefty challenge on Patrice Evra. He got caught there. Court
:16:42. > :16:47.under the chin. If you're going to book rude... -- if you're going to
:16:48. > :17:07.book Giroud. Bob Dunn Stanko has been moved into
:17:08. > :17:27.a more centralised position since the arrival of Chipciu.
:17:28. > :17:41.N'Golo Kante has used the ball well. Chipciu, sort it out.
:17:42. > :18:08.Back by Rami, whose pressure was enough.
:18:09. > :18:16.Not a good ball. Rare from him. Boy years ago, the opener with Poland
:18:17. > :19:10.finished in an 1-1 drawl. Rami, fifth centre back choice for
:19:11. > :19:16.France, but he has played well. The only problem for France with no
:19:17. > :19:21.Griezmann, they've got nobody to run in behind and Romania can get
:19:22. > :19:29.uptight and squeeze on rude, knowing he is never going to beat any of
:19:30. > :19:31.them in a foot race. If it stays like this, the French media will
:19:32. > :19:45.howl about Karim Benzema. The French players not here because
:19:46. > :19:51.of injury or they were not picked because of suspension, make a very
:19:52. > :19:55.strong 11. Here come France. Patrice Evra. Matuidi, always full of
:19:56. > :20:17.running. France about to make another
:20:18. > :20:26.substitution. Anthony Martial, of Manchester United to arrive. Will he
:20:27. > :20:37.be sent through the middle in a wide position? Too much there for Bacary
:20:38. > :20:46.Sagna you to do. He comes. I would be inclined to put him through the
:20:47. > :20:53.middle. Pogba is the man going. This is a brave move. Pogba, has iconic
:20:54. > :21:00.status in French football. He is going to Ruby replaced by Anthony
:21:01. > :21:20.Martial yell, the crowd love him. What they have done, they have stuck
:21:21. > :21:23.Anthony Martial on the left of the front three and they have Payet,
:21:24. > :21:55.just playing in behind them. Who will force the winner? Foul,
:21:56. > :22:03.crumpled to the ground. He has taken that for the team. Third Romanian
:22:04. > :22:34.booking. N'Golo Kante, there again. Payet.
:22:35. > :23:03.N'Golo Kante. Nobody gambling in behind him, which
:23:04. > :23:11.is where you want Anthony Martial. Try and participate. Giroud is
:23:12. > :23:24.looking at him thinking, it is your area if I don't get on the end of
:23:25. > :23:31.it. Christophe Jallet, warming up to come on. Now plays in Mexico.
:23:32. > :23:56.Rami. Romania look the more composed at the moment. It is a drive that is
:23:57. > :24:07.whipped wide. Ovidiu Hoban, from midfield. Speculative at best.
:24:08. > :24:14.Scored a huge goal in qualifying in the 91st minute against Finland. Ten
:24:15. > :24:39.minutes to go. Good haddock, Koscielny. It needed
:24:40. > :24:46.to be. -- good header. Anthony Martial, with plenty of pace, we
:24:47. > :24:57.know that because of Premier League at Manchester United. Comfortably
:24:58. > :25:05.saved. Wasn't entirely convincing with the strike, was he? Just
:25:06. > :25:11.noticed, the pace, how all of a sudden the Romanian back for were
:25:12. > :25:16.just backing away. Free kick given to France. Romania will have two
:25:17. > :25:30.weight until they can make their third and final substitution.
:25:31. > :25:40.Here comes Gabriel Torje. He replaces Adrian Popper on the
:25:41. > :25:58.right-hand side. Three draws from three games could
:25:59. > :26:15.be enough to send you through. No team has ever lost the European
:26:16. > :26:31.Championship finals opening game and then gone on to win the title.
:26:32. > :26:42.N'Golo Kante, tries to get them going again.
:26:43. > :26:54.They had late dramatic wins in the World Cup 98 on their way to triumph
:26:55. > :27:00.in the final. They are leaving this late, France.
:27:01. > :27:06.Their second game is against Albania on the 15th of June. Romania have
:27:07. > :27:35.Switzerland again in Paris. Well, set pieces, Romania, looked
:27:36. > :27:39.dangerous. 46% of goals conceded by France and the Didier Deschamps have
:27:40. > :27:49.come from free kicks. In the Premier League, the average is 31% of goals
:27:50. > :27:56.conceded. France are dreadful at defending said pieces. Look at that!
:27:57. > :28:01.He was offside. The French defence don't know that. They just let him
:28:02. > :28:18.run. Grigore, up from the back. Goodness me.
:28:19. > :28:28.The ex-Coventry City player Moldovan is on that dominion bench. --
:28:29. > :28:39.Rumanian bench. Kingsley Coman goes up through the
:28:40. > :28:50.gears. Razvan Rat, struggling to stay with him. Just over five
:28:51. > :29:02.minutes to go plus stoppage time. Payet wriggles clear. He should not
:29:03. > :29:11.be offside there, when he can see across the line. The linesman with a
:29:12. > :29:29.famous name in Hungarian football. Deschamps was part of the team that
:29:30. > :29:37.conquered Europe and the world and Europe at the same time against the
:29:38. > :29:41.team that some people say showed football how they should be played,
:29:42. > :29:53.the magical Magyars of Hungary, still to come, Romania showed the
:29:54. > :30:03.world the way it should be played in the 80s, in the USA. They have not
:30:04. > :30:16.been greatly expansive, his side here. They have hung on in there.
:30:17. > :30:29.Cover from the right back, Sapunaru. Great covering by both the right
:30:30. > :30:38.back and left-back. Both of them in their 30s. Patrice Evra to the line.
:30:39. > :30:46.He has got it, it was a foul according to the French fans but not
:30:47. > :30:52.the referee. He did well, actually. He was just eased out of the way.
:30:53. > :31:12.Yes, we know how you feel, mate. Andorra and Switzerland were the
:31:13. > :31:25.teams in this group. Albania and Switzerland. They play tomorrow.
:31:26. > :31:54.The ball was really tight to Anthony Martial.
:31:55. > :32:01.Once the mania got back with a penalty to 1-1, the French ideas
:32:02. > :32:06.seem to go missing, the creativity has gone. I think, because you have
:32:07. > :32:11.got a Giroud through the middle, there is no pace threat through that
:32:12. > :32:17.middle and they have pushed up Romania, and made it really
:32:18. > :32:21.difficult. They have concentrated the play in midfield and it is
:32:22. > :32:29.difficult for France. They can't get away from them. There was a stumble
:32:30. > :32:43.by Razvan Rat. Kingsley Coman. Payet. What a wonderful goal! An
:32:44. > :32:52.absolute belter to settle the opening game of Euro 2016, surely,
:32:53. > :32:56.in a last-minute. What a wonderful season he has had and that caps it
:32:57. > :33:02.all. Matchwinners were new matches. We have said before he is arguably
:33:03. > :33:14.the best player in this game, a brilliant moment of sublime skill.
:33:15. > :33:18.-- win you matches. He had an enigmatic and mercurial career in
:33:19. > :33:27.French football but he has blossomed at West Ham and scored a screamer
:33:28. > :33:37.for his country. What about that? Yard outside the far post before it
:33:38. > :33:47.bends. Yes. A late, late show for the hosts. France two, Romania one.
:33:48. > :34:08.Koscielny slipped but got it away. Romania 's hard work may come to
:34:09. > :34:21.nothing. Sagna has not had the best of nights. Three minutes of stoppage
:34:22. > :34:31.time. Squeezed out by Anthony Martial.
:34:32. > :34:44.The cross was blocked. France are going to make their final
:34:45. > :34:54.substitution. Moussa Sissoko of Newcastle is going to be sent on.
:34:55. > :34:58.Payet coming off, is it? Just struggling with a little bit of a
:34:59. > :35:00.groin strain, but it will be Dimitri Payet who goes off. And listen to
:35:01. > :35:18.this ovation. The emotion of it all. Too much for
:35:19. > :35:22.Dimitri Payet. He longed for a place in the French national side and
:35:23. > :35:28.could not understand why his heroics at club level were being ignored. He
:35:29. > :35:32.scored a wonderful goal in the warm up match against Morocco to cement
:35:33. > :35:38.his lace in the starting line-up. He scored against Cameroon to cement
:35:39. > :35:50.his place in the starting line-up. And a terrific strike to win this.
:35:51. > :36:03.Or have they won it? Koscielny, stretching. Cissokho, where will he
:36:04. > :36:11.be next season? Move from his current club, Newcastle, to Arsenal,
:36:12. > :36:17.being mooted. Hoban will not do anything there with Cissokho tucked
:36:18. > :36:28.up behind him. Smiles on the face of the goal-scorer. And we are in the
:36:29. > :36:30.last minute of stoppage time. Giroud needed to hold it up. Free kick
:36:31. > :36:52.given away. Cissokho with the foul. One last hit and hope from Rat,
:36:53. > :36:56.blood pouring from on I win. Can France defender set piece better?
:36:57. > :37:04.Giroud half got it away. They will break with Matuidi, powering onto it
:37:05. > :37:10.now is Cissokho. Can you go all the way? No. Interesting, though. We
:37:11. > :37:15.looked at Deschamps when he took off Pogba and what happened was, he
:37:16. > :37:26.moved Payet inside and where did he get the goal from? The French
:37:27. > :37:35.manager has come up smiling. Lovely take from Kingsley Coman, Matuidi to
:37:36. > :37:43.his left. Some space opens up for Coman. He did well for his team. A
:37:44. > :37:45.bit conservative, but they have kept the ball, and if they keep the ball,
:37:46. > :37:59.they will win the opening match. Coman holds. He feeds Sagna. Great
:38:00. > :38:09.cheers, every time a man in blue touches the ball.
:38:10. > :38:19.On the goes. Cissokho gives the ball away. France won the opening game
:38:20. > :38:25.with a wonderful goal from Dimitri Payet. At times it has not been
:38:26. > :38:29.wonderful for them tonight, but it has been a wonderful experience
:38:30. > :38:35.being here. An emotional night at the Stade de France. Romania got
:38:36. > :38:39.back into it with a penalty by Stancu to cancel out the opener from
:38:40. > :38:43.Giroud, but they have been beaten by a very special player. 2-1 France,
:38:44. > :39:14.the hosts are off and running. As they come in
:39:15. > :39:21.towards the home straight, Jessica Ennis challenges
:39:22. > :39:25.Brianne Theisen-Eaton.