France and Italy walk out for their trans-Alpine clash at Zurich’s Letzigrund tonight knowing their Euro 2008 fate lies in the hands of Romania.

Holland captain Edwin van der Sar claims he is too long in the tooth to be carried away by his team’s sensational start to Euro 2008.

Netherlands 4 France 1

HOLLAND coach Marco van Basten believes the pressure will be on France to attack in tonight’s Group C clash in Bern.

AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi is no longer interested in signing Barcelona’s Ronaldinho following the capture of France midfielder Mathieu Flamini on a free transfer.

RADEK CERNY is set to make an emotional return to Slavia Prague for Tottenham’s UEFA Cup clash — this time as first choice ahead of Paul Robinson.

In-form David Trezeguet has been included in France’s squad for their crunch Euro 2008 qualifiers against Italy and Scotland next month.

ARSENAL are yet to respond to reports they are about to sign French full-back Bakary Sagna from Auxerre and allow Freddie Ljungberg to leave for Fiorentina.

Arsenal could complete the signing of Bakary Sagna from Auxerre today, according to reports in France.

Madrid put their recent troubles aside to hold the advantage going into the second leg although Bayern snatched two vital away goals.

MICHAEL BALLACK has shrugged off criticism by Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, insisting his former boss is trying to “twist” the events that led to his move to Chelsea.

Michael Ballack has shrugged off criticism by Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, insisting his former boss is trying to “twist” the events that led to his move to Chelsea.

MANCHESTER United left-back Patrice Evra has been recalled to the France squad by Raymond Domenech.

Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra has been recalled to the France squad by Raymond Domenech.

SPANISH champions Barcelona sent out a warning shot to Champions League opponents Chelsea last night as they opened up a three-point lead at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga after their nearest rivals all faltered.

Gary Caldwell fired Scotland to a famous victory over France and gave their hopes of qualifying for the European Championships a massive shot in the arm.

WHILE Chelsea romped to a comfortable win in Sofia last night, group rivals Werder Bremen and Barcelona shared the points in Germany.

An Irish travel firm is using Zinedine Zidane’s World Cup head-butting incident to urge people to ‘use your head’ and book holidays on its website, it emerged today.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi and his France counterpart Raymond Domenech both named unchanged teams for Sunday evening’s World Cup final in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.

SO FIFA’s technical experts bottled the decision to hand Cristiano Ronaldo the prize for the best young footballer at the World Cup.

France full-back Willy Sagnol has hit back at criticism that World Cup finalists France and Italy have built their success on defensive football.

France defender Eric Abidal was once hailed as “the new Lilian Thuram” but the full-back claims he is still overwhelmed by the ability of the man who will play alongside him in Sunday’s World Cup final with Italy.

Togo 0 France 2

DEFENDER Willy Sagnol has insisted France can repeat their World Cup-winning exploits of 1998 and opened up a new front in a simmering war between the 2006 team and the French media.

FRANCE coach Raymond Domenech has launched a blistering attack on the country’s media for spying on a closed training session.

France coach Raymond Domenech has confirmed the starting line-up that will face Switzerland tomorow in a World Cup match.

A DETERMINED Switzerland will try to prevent France completing their first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years on Saturday.

Rep of Ireland 0 France 1

Republic of Ireland 0 France 0

FRANCE defender Willy Sagnol has played down the significance of his side’s 3-0 victory over the Faroe Islands by claiming it was the easiest of their four remaining qualifiers.

France defender Willy Sagnol has played down the significance of his side’s 3-0 victory over the Faroe Islands by claiming it was the easiest of their four remaining qualifiers.

France kick-started the final lap of their qualifying campaign in the best possible manner in Lens with a 3-0 win against the Faroe Islands at a sold-out Stade Felix Bollaert.

France coach Raymond Domenech has again left Robert Pires out of his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against the Faroe Islands and the Republic of Ireland.

ZINEDANE ZIDANE made a triumphant return to the international stage last night the talismanic midfielder lifting France to a 3-0 win over Cote d’Ivoire.

Israel 1 France 1

ARSENAL were left with a Champions League mountain to climb after serious defensive blunders in their last-16 first-leg tie at Bayern Munich.

It was by no means the first time that Arsenal had frozen on the big occasion in the Champions League.

Bayern Munich defender Willy Sagnol has made France’s next two World Cup qualifiers his top priority after shaking off an ankle injury.

IRELAND will march confidently into the magnificent Stade de France tonight with spirits high and ambition soaring to face a French team reeling amid charges of mis-management.

Patrick Vieira failed a late fitness test for France’s Euro 2004 quarter-final with Greece at the Estadio Jose Alvalade with Olivier Dacourt getting his second start of the tournament in place of the injured Arsenal midfielder.

France coach Jacques Santini will have to shuffle his defence for the Euro 2004 quarter-final against Greece tomorrow because of the broken arm which has ended the tournament of right-back Willy Sagnol.

France midfielder Claude Makelele admits the defending European champions are still not firing on all cylinders as the tournament enters its knockout stages.

Switzerland 1 France 3

Bixente Lizarazu returned for France’s final Group B match with Switzerland at the Estadio Cidade de Coimbra as coach Jacques Santini made four changes to the team held 2-2 by Croatia.