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Marcel can't wait

AFP, Clairefontaine
French captain Marcel Desailly said here on Friday he was itching to begin the defence of the World Cup.
Desailly played down the importance of France's match against Belgium on Saturday - their last before jetting to the Far East - and said he had fixed his sights on the World Cup curtain-raiser against Senegal in Seoul on May 31.
"Club loyalties have been put aside and now it's all go for the French team," Desailly said at France's training base south of Paris.
"I can't wait to get back into competition. Everything that goes before has to be done but sometimes it becomes wearing.
"We've been at Clairefontaine for four days already and it seems a long time.
"We've been shut up here for a good reason but once the competitive stuff starts the time flies."
The Chelsea defender said France's participation in the Confederations Cup in Asia last year had given them a head start over other nations.
"There will be things to get adapted to, such as the time difference and the climate, but the Confederations Cup gave us a head start over the others.
"Thanks to that we know what to expect from the climate and we've already played in the World Cup stadiums."
Desailly said France's preparations for this year's tournament had greatly differed from their win on home soil in 1998 - mainly because of the toll of gruelling club seasons.
"We've done less physical training this year, we've taken it easy because many players turned up with knocks.
"We've put more emphasis on rest and speed work. In 1998, the preparation phase was longer.
"The work will continue in Japan (May 20-25) and we play South Korea in a friendly (on May 26)," he added.
"And in psychological terms, it's different from 1998 because then we didn't think at first we could win it. Now our main worry is preserving our status, which puts extra pressure on us."
French coach Roger Lemerre meanwhile was taking a more cautious approach.
"We're not impatient... the opening match against Senegal is still very far off. We can't miss out any stages in our preparation.
"If we fix our sights on Senegal too much, we'll forget to have a good look at ourselves.
"Personally, I'm still in a state of preparation. The World Cup hasn't begun for me yet."
Lemerre also played down the absence of Zinedine Zidane for Saturday's match. His exertions for Real Madrid in the European Cup final and the fact that his wife is expecting the couple's third child have seen the midfield playmaker excused from the encounter at the Stade de France.