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The French soccer team at the Stade de France, St. Denis, Friday July 3 1998. From left back row, Laurent Blanc, Stephane Guivarc'h, Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly, Zidane Zidedine, Emmanuel Petit. Front row from left, Bixente Lizarazu, Fabien Barthez, goalkeeper, Didier Deschamps, Youri Djorkaeff and Christian Karembeu. France will play Brazil in the final of the World Cup at the Stade de France, St. Denis on Sunday July 12 1998. Laurent Blanc will be banned from Sunday's final after being sent off for pushing Croatian defender Slaven Bilic during the semifinals of the World Cup on July 8 1998. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)