Fernandes played 89 minutes as the reigning champions clinched a 3-0 victory over Hungary in Budapest, with all three goals coming late in the game.
With his job done, our no.18 could settle back and watch titans Germany and France go head to head at Munich’s Allianz Arena, with Pogba starring for the World Cup winners and playing a vital role in Mats Hummels’s own goal, which settled the contest.
France were unlucky not to add further strikes, as Kylian Mbappe was twice ruled offside, when scoring and setting up Karim Benzema, but Pogba was the best performer on the pitch and claimed UEFA’s official Star of the Match award – the second Red to do so at the competition, after Victor Lindelof for Sweden on Monday.