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Zidane rescues France

AFP, Paris
Zinedine Zidane fired home a late volley for a 1-0 win over compact Ukraine at the Stade de France here on Sunday to boost France in their final Euro 2004 warm-up match.
Exactly a week before their European championship opener against England, France managed to overcome a well-organised defence in the 88th minute when Zidane, fed by Thierry Henry, fired low and to the left for the winner.
Zidane's showing improved gradually throughout the 90 minutes and he was probably most people's man-of-the-match.
France have now played their 18th match without defeat and their defence has not conceded a goal in 1040 minutes. France can leave for Portugal knowing their preparation has been up to par and they can now put in an impressive title defence.
The supporters were a bit on the subdued side but for most of the match they had little reason to get excited.
The Ukrainians, without their star AC Milan striker Andrei
Shevchenko, played a disciplined match with tight marking giving little space for France to put on the style.
Zidane showed a bit more creativity, particularly in his exchanges with Bixente Lizarazu, but for the most part there was not much glitz on show.
France were without usual skipper Marcel Desailly who has a painful knee and twisted ankle victim David Trezeguet, but that apart, they played the side likely to start against England in their openingmatchin Portugal onjune 13.
In defence, Mikael Silvestre adequately stood in for Desailly, who did not come on the pitch for his last match at the Stade de France, alongside fellow central defender Lilian Thuram who was winning his 99th cap.
Williams Gallas played well on the right flank in defence and with that performance could challenge Willy Sagnol for the position.
Coach Jacques Santini now has a week to digest anything he learned from this fixture for their Lisbon Group B clash against England.
"Physically we are ready," said Santini.
"We lacked a bit of energy at the
end of the match but I expect us to be in peak form with batteries chargedatEuro."