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Pogba stunner lifts France
- Updated: October 10, 2016
Paul Pogba scored a spectacular long-range goal as France took control of Group A with a 1-0 win over Holland.
Manchester United’s world-record signing unleashed a dipping 30-yard strike in the first half to sink the Dutch at the Amsterdam Arena, inflicting Netherlands’ first World Cup qualifying loss since September 2001 – an unbeaten run of 33 matches.
Pogba has found the net just once for United this season and his previous goal for France came in the Euro 2016 quarter-final victory over Iceland, which was his first international strike in almost two years.
However, the £89m midfielder was helped by some generous goalkeeping by Maarten Stekelenburg as he netted his seventh goal for Les Bleus.
With Dimitri Payet pulling the strings France dominated the early stages and got a first sight of goal after just four …
