Beginning their group E campaign in style, a young France side conquered critics in an inspiring 3-0 win against Honduras. In a game that was dominated by France from the very beginning, Honduras sure proved that their defensive structure would be a problem, who weren’t scared to put their foot through the opposing players. An incident involving a rash reaction from Pogba made his chances of staying on the field pretty slim, but luckily walked away with a yellow. The breakthrough arrived just before half time when Palacios received a red card for bringing down Pogba in the penalty area, and Benzema neatly converted from the spot.
Not long after the second half began, goal line technology handed France a second goal of the game, as a shot from Benzema just made it across the line and counted as an own goal. It took just over 10 minutes for Benzema to officially get his name on the scoresheet, with the Real Madrid player following up a shot from Debuchy to fire home and make the end result 3-0.
