Euro 2016: 5 things we learned from Matchday 1

Dimitri Payet
Dimitri Payet celebrates his screamer against Romania in the opener

#5 The season of counter-attacking continues

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Hungarian national team players celebrate their win against Austria

Defending stoutly before breaking at pace, catching the opponent out, the likes of Leicester City and Atletico Madrid have treated us to some counter-attacking football last season.

Here we expected to see a lot more of that and we haven't been disappointed. Italy did it to perfection to scalp Belgium, Hungary did it to Austria yesterday. With the games tighter, and the goals fewer, this brand of counter-attacking is going to provide some great viewing as the competition goes on.

Over to Matchday 2!!!

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