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Twitter reacts to Payet's soaring winner for France

Reuters

Dimitri Payet scored the winning goal for France in Friday's opening 2-1 win over Romania, capping a remarkable individual performance that sent Twitter into a frenzy.

As he came off to a standing ovation, Payet began to tear up. The moment was overwhelming, and it truly kick-started the Euro 2016 campaign.

Here's how social media celebrated it:

France's next Group A match comes against Albania on Wednesday.

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