France vs Romania: Twitter reacts to Dimitri Payet's scorching winner on Euro 2016 opening night

France 2 Romania 1

Dimitri Payet celebrates his winner (Getty)

Dimitri Payet classily and dramatically scored in the 89th minute to secure France a late 2-1 win over Romania in the opening game of Euro 2016 at the Stade de France.

Les Bleus were minutes from dropping two valuable points after Bogdan Stancu's penalty cancelled out Olivier Giroud's header, until Payet classily curled into the top-left corner from the edge of the area to send the hosts to the top of Group A.

France entered the game - preceded by the tournament's opening ceremony led by dancers performing to a remix of Edit Piaf's La Vie En Rose and further songs played by leading DJ David Guetta - among the tournament's favourites.

However, the absences of Raphael Varane and Mamadou Sakho have weakened their previously-strong central-defensive options, as was demonstrated when Romania came close to scoring in the opening minutes.

But they need not have worried as Payet came to the rescue late on.

How did Twitter respond to the Frenchman's exploits? See below for our pick of the best reaction...

Additional reporting by Press Association.