When little goes your way, sometimes you just need a slice of luck to secure a change of fortunes - just ask Paul Pogba after France's late 2-1 win over Australia in their World Cup opener.
Pogba's World Cup preparations were hardly ideal, as he went into France's pre-tournament friendlies on the back of a difficult and tumultuous season and then faced further scorn.
The pressure was on Pogba to take things by the scruff of the neck and silence his doubters and critics on the world stage.
It's difficult to say that, in front of an expectant crowd at the glorious Kazan Arena, Pogba dominated or even played a starring role.
Australia's midfield trio of Aaron Mooy, Trent Sainsbury and Mile Jedinak did everything they could to snuff him out and for large part of the game they were successful.
In the first half Pogba produced only sporadic flashes of his ability, with two lofted passes into the box – which ultimately led to little – and a dummy on the edge of the area before a Lucas Hernandez shot about the best he could muster.
Australia had seemingly done enough to secure a share of the spoils, with France staring at the possibility of déjà vu – Didier Deschamps even mentioned himself in Friday's pre-match news conference that the French had failed to even reach the last 16 in two of the last four World Cups.
Pogba chased the ball down and, with it bouncing up nicely, he managed to deflect a defender's clearance over Mat Ryan and into the net.
And while Pogba's crucial moment had more than a hint of fortune about it, few can argue he didn't deserve a little luck given some of the flak he has to put up with on a regular basis.
