Spain's Pedro: 'France are favourites at Euro 2016'

Spain attacker Pedro has claimed that France are 'the favourites' to win Euro 2016 this summer.

Hosts France opened their Group A campaign with a 2-1 win over Romania on Friday night, and according to the bookmakers are the favourites to win the competition on home soil.

That is a view shared by Pedro, who has also paid tribute to the performance of Dimitri Payet, who scored France's winner in the 89th minute against Romania in Paris.

"[France] are a favourite. We saw the great work that they did against ​​Romania, especially in defence. I wasn't surprised by [Dimitri] Payet's big performance because I know him from West Ham, along with other stars like [Paul] Pogba. They are very solid team, a favourite and are playing at home," Chelsea attacker Pedro told reporters.

Reigning European champions Spain will open their Euro 2016 campaign against Czech Republic on June 13.