EURO 2008 INFO

France - England 1-0
A penalty converted by Franck Ribéry to the half-hour was enough to match the victory of France.

Single Goal
The end of the FC Bayern Munich, Ribéry, was the best of the players who stepped on the ground in the Stade de France and was the only marking on the party thanks to a penalty shot. England is still in the process of reconstruction in this second match for Fabio Capello on the bench English, as they will not compete in the UEFA EURO 2008 ™ and looks forward to the qualifying round for the FIFA World Cup in September.

Returns
The alignments brought the return of two major figures for both teams. On the one hand, David Trezeguet, who returned to a call for France since last September. On the other, David Beckham, excluded in the first match of Capello in February and that the party has reached its international party number 100. Anyway, it was France which began brighter and Nicolas Anelka was the first to enjoy an occasion with a header to Ribèry center.

Penalty
Beckham had no fortune to connect a center Ashley Cole and later was a header from Gerrard which went off at the last moment. Meanwhile, in the band, Capello reviewed their players. However, it was France which was ahead in the scoring before the break thanks to a penalty committed by David James on Nicolas Anelka and transformed Ribèry.

Changes
England made four changes at half time, highlighting the entrances to the camp of Michael Owen and Peter Crouch, but he was again Anelka which had the clearest opportunity in a fast counterattack French. Beckham and Trezeguet were replaced in the match, but the French remained the strongest, since Ribèry and Cjibril Cissè again forcing interventions James. France will again play a new game on May 27 against Ecuador in Grenoble, and later will face Paraguay and Colombia before playing against Romania, Holland and Italy in Group C of the UEFA EURO 2008 ™.