Late result: France came from behind to beat Iceland on Sunday night

That last sentence might seem innocuous, but it is not in the context of Sunday night. Attitude and organisation are serious topics in France.

In this pre-tournament phoney war period, too much can be read into one performance, especially as in their last game France won in Germany.

But the match raised a couple of tactical issues for Blanc; the occasion raised another.

Eight years ago in Portugal, while  Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney prepared to meet
France at Euro 2004 - John Terry was on the bench - France were winning the Under 17 European Championship. Samir Nasri, Karim  Benzema, Hatem Ben Arfa and Jeremy Menez were in that team.

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