Match of the Day

Full coverage of the World Cup Group A match between 1998 World Cup champions France and hosts South Africa. Despite a side packed with attacking talent including Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka and Franck Ribery, France have often struggled to gel under coach Raymond Domenech. Les Bleus won the World Cup on home soil and will not underestimate the value of a partisan local support when they take on South Africa in Bloemfontein. The South African coach Carlos Alberto Parreira led Brazil to glory at the 1994 World Cup, but failed to progress beyond the group stage with Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia.