The France Squad for the match against England  February 1999
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Anelka, Nicolas Sebastien	14 March 1979	19	F	Arsenal FC, England	4	1
Barthez, Fabian Alain	28 June 1971	27	G	AS de Monaco FC	22	11 GA
Blanc, Laurent Robert	19 November 1965	33	D	Olympique de Marseille	77	13
Boghossian, Alain	27 October 1970	28	M	AC Parma SpA, Italy	15	2
Candela, Vincent Philippe Antonie	24 October 1973	25	D	AS Roma SpA, Italy	14	1
Desailly, Marcel	7 September 1968 born in Ghana	30	D	Chelsea FC, England	51	2
Deschamps, Didier Claude	15 October 1968	30	M	Juventus FC SpA, Italy	81	4
Djorkaeff, Youri Raffi	9 March 1968	30	M	FC Internazionale Milano SpA, Italy	50	19
Dugarry, Christophe Jérôme	24 March 1972	26	F	Olympique de Marseille	30	4
Laslandes, Lilian	4 September 1971	27	F	FC des Girondins de Bordeaux	4	1
Lizarazu, Bixente	9 December 1969	29	D	FC Bayern München eV, Germany	43	2
Lebœuf, Frank Alain James	22 November 1968	30	D	Chelsea FC, England	20	2
Petit, Emmanuel Laurent	22 September 1970	28	M	Arsenal FC, England	28	2
Pirès, Robert Emmanuel	29 January 1973	26	F	Olympique de Marseille	22	3
Porato, Stéphane	19 September 1973	25	G	Olympique de Marseille	0	0 GA
Thuram-Ulien, Ruddy Lilian	1 January 1972 born in Guadeloupe	27	D	AC Parma SpA, Italy	43	2
Vieira, Patrick	23 June 1976 born in Senegal	22	M	Arsenal FC, England	10	0
Wiltord, Sylvain	10 May 1974	24	F	FC des Girondins de Bordeaux	0	0
	Sylvain Wiltord is a late addition to the squad.
Zidane, Zinedine Yazid	23 June 1972	26	M	Juventus FC SpA, Italy	44	11

Squad details correct up to and including France's match against Morocco on 20 January 1999.

Diary

Friday, 6 November 1998 - France have announced replacement matches after withdrawing from the January Confederations Cup tournament in Mexico.  Instead of that eight team exhibition, Roger Lemerre's World Champions will play two conventional friendlies at the start of 1999.  France host Morocco on January 20th at the Velodrome in Marseilles while February brings a trip to London to play England at Wembley on the 10th.

Thursday, 4 February 1999 - French coach Roger Lemerre has adjusted his front line for the trip to Wembley next week to face England.  Lilian Laslandes is recalled and is the current favourite to partner Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka who has scored at Wembley on both previous occasions that he played at the venue with the English champions.  Olympique Marseilles goalkeeper Stephane Porato earns his first mention in the senior squad that contains five players who work in London with Premiership sides Chelsea and Arsenal.

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