Source: TheGuardian
Paul Pogba and France finally primed to atone for Euro 2016 | David Hytner
• ‘We have started our dream and now we need to finish it’• Pogba one of only six survivors from defeat by Portugal It was an impassioned soliloquy from Paul Pogba and one that bears retelling precisely as he performed it. The France midfielder could revel in one of the most beautiful triumphs of his career – the 1-0 World Cup semi-final win against Belgium on Tuesday night – and the release of emotion was palpable.Pogba has described himself during this tournament as the most criticised player in world football and those who do him down tend to look at the flashiness, the hair, the indiscipline, the self-centredness. Post-Belgium, Pogba wanted to set the record straight and remind a few people about what really drives him. Related: Fellaini v Pogba and the problem of playing a club-mate for your country | Marcel Desailly Continue reading......read full article
