France played the almost perfect game against Brazil. Defensively they were solid and they ran at Brazil when they got the chance.
Domenech has found the role for Zidane just behind Henry - he was fantastic.
Malouda and Ribery were the lags of the team in midfield and Vieira and Makalele fitted in perfectly.
Zidane's first ever assist on a Henry goal for France?
The Brazil inquest will be underway all ready - I wonder if I should pull out the "Ten reasons why Brazil won't win the World Cup" article fom May to help the process.
A very disappointing display from Brazil over the five games. We never really saw the pace and power that was expected.
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