MATCH 20 REVIEW : LONG WAY TO GO FOR FRANCE

Successful strikes
France finally came good in the last 15 minutes to banish any fears of a shock exit, Arsenal FC striker Thierry Henry at last producing the goalscoring touch that had previously eluded him with two successful strikes that subdued coach Jakob Kuhn's courageous charges. But French coach Jacques Santini will prepare for a quarter-final against Greece knowing that his renowned side are still some way from firing on all four cylinders.

French worried
Switzerland go out of the competition with heads held high. They fought doggedly, surpassed their previous efforts in the tournament and genuinely had France and their supporters worried with a display that made nonsense of widespread pre-match predictions that the result would be a formality for Santini's troops.

Henry goals
It was all going to plan for Les Bleus when Zidane nodded in a Robert Pires corner after 20 hectic minutes. But Vonlanthen – brought in by Kuhn to pep up his ailing attack in place of the out-of-form Stéphane Chapuisat and suspended Alexander Frei, and a real prospect on this showing - belied his tender years by dragging Switzerland level six minutes later. It took Henry to come good as the second-half minutes ticked down to send the French supporters home in a happy, but relieved frame of mind.

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