Tearful Payet limped off early in Europa League final

Payet needed to be comforted by his team-mates as he came off to be replaced by Maxime Lopez in the 32nd minute of the game in Lyon, with his side trailing 1-0 at the time to Antoine Griezmann's goal for Atletico.

Payet had been considered a doubt coming into the match with a hamstring problem that prevented him from playing in Marseille's last league game against Guingamp last Friday.

To make matters worse, the problem could even rule him out of the reckoning for France's World Cup squad, though it is unlikely he would have selected in the 23 regardless.

 

16 May 2018