Senegal take lead

If Senegal were daunted, they did not show it and in the first minute, after Marcel Desailly conceded a free-kick 35 yards out, Fadiga’s chip found Diouf who flicked a header across goal which caused French hearts to flutter before the ball was bundled clear.

The same pair combined again in the fifth minute, when Diouf beat Desailly on the left, cut in along the dead-ball line and found Fadiga, but the midfielder’s stabbed shot was easily fielded by Fabien Barthez.

France, while enjoying the lion’s share of possession in the opening quarter of an hour were unable to manufacture a decent chance, despite some promising probing by both Henry and Wiltord.

But it was Senegal who took a shock lead when Papa Bouba Diop fired home from close range after Barthez spilled a low cross from Diouf.