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Les Bleus had been kept at bay by the African side for much of the match, and given a few scares of their own, before a spell of intense pressure led to Pogba's winner, with Joseph Yobo's late own goal only compounding Nigeria's misery in a 2-0 defeat.
For much of the match, Nigeria's keeper Vincent Enyeama - who plays his club football in France for Lille - had defied the French but it was his unfortunate blunder that allowed Pogba, the former Manchester United youth player who has made his name at Juventus, the chance.
Until then, Enyeama had been heroic - not least with a brilliant reaction save after Mathieu Valbuena had set Pogba for a powerfully-struck volley.
With Enyeama in such form, Didier Deschamps' France side could not afford to be wasteful and Valbuena's promptings in midfield looked the best avenue for attack. It was the Marseille midfielder who conjured a neat lay-off into Mathieu Debuchy's path only for the Newcastle full-back to send his drive wide when a goal looked odds-on.
Valbuena's fast feet then saw France open up the Nigerians again but Giroud's shot on the turn was disappointing.
It was one-way traffic however, and Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny had to be smart to block out Peter Odemwingie when the Stoke striker threatened.
In another match, Germany remain a bit of a puzzle. Touted as the most technically gifted team in the nation's history, it had been hoped that they would cut a swathe through opponents at this World Cup, dazzling with fast and flamboyant football. The 4-0 victory over Portugal in their opening group tie further fired the expectations.
They have been more prosaic since, qualifying despite a wobble against Ghana and a slightly unsatisfactory win over the USA, and there could be a couple of grumbles here, despite a fully merited victory over Algeria that has set up a mouth-watering quarter-final against France in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. They were sloppy in the extreme for the majority of the first half and, for long spells, their patient possession football teetered towards the realms of the ponderous.
And yet, having gradually assumed control, having browbeaten a game Algeria team, the telling blow that they struck was coated in the highest quality. André Schürrle made the difference after he came on for the second half of regulation time and his goal early in the extra period was worthy of swinging any tie.
From Thomas Müller's deflected cross, he showed impeccable timing to flick home with the inside of his trailing foot. Mesut Özil made certain of Germany's progress towards the very end, when he lashed home after a combination with Schürrle and Algeria's goal, volleyed home by the substitute Abdelmoumene Djabou, came too late to make any difference.    — Internet