This Saturday France and Ireland will do battle for qualification into the 2010 fifa world cup to be held in South Africa next year. The first leg will be held in Dublin on the 14th of November, and then the second leg 4 days later on the 1u8th. France has had a particularly poor qualifying campaign, winning only two games from five, they eventually finished on 2nd in the group stages 1 point behind Serbia. Missing out on automatic qualification has mounted pressure on the coach and team.
Meanwhile Ireland has had an impressive group run, finishing second to Italy. The irish did not lose a game in the group standings, having won four and drawn six. On paper France looks the superior side though, you cannot discount Ireland. They have a lot of quality players and if they could head to Paris with a lead then they are definitely capable of holding off the French.
French play maker Franck Ribery, will miss both of the games with a knee injury which gives the Irish more hope. The first leg is expected to be a premier league style affair with lots of pace and a massive atmosphere. Definitely a game to watch.