Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet

Albania: France had struggled to make any impression on a determined Albanian defence and as the clock ticked into the last minute neither team had managed a shot on target - though both had hit the post, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. They had needed an 89th-minute Payet goal to beat Romania in their first game and it was even later when centre back Adil Rami swung in a hopeful cross that Griezmann guided expertly home for Les Bleus. Map: France A 90th-minute header by substitute striker Antoine Griezmann and a stoppage-time special by Dimitri Payet has secured France a heartstopping 2-0 win over Albania to send the hosts through as the first team into the last 16 of Euro 2016. Euro 2016 results:France 2-0 Albania Slovakia 2-1 Russia Switzerland 1-1 Romania The 67,000 Stade Velodrome crowd - minus 20,000 stunned Albanians - erupted in a wave of noise, which was repeated minutes later when Payet cut inside to smash in the second. France had lost to and drawn with Albania in the last two friendly meetings so they knew they would not be handed the game on a plate by a team desperate to make an impact in its first major tournament, after it was beaten by Switzerland in its opening game having suffered an early red card. With six points France is guaranteed to finish in the top two of Group A, with Switzerland, on four points after drawing with Romania earlier, favourites to join them. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.