France Football Formation

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

France Vs Italy - UEFA Euro 2000 Final (02/07/2000)

GK BARTHEZ
SWP BLANC
CB DESAILLY
RB THURAM
LB LIZARAZU
LDMF DESCHAMPS
RCMF VIEIRA
AMF DJORKAEFF
AMF ZIDANE
AMF/LMF DUGARRY
CF HENRY

Substitutions: Wiltord for Dugarry (57 mn), Trezeguet for Djorkaeff (75 mn) and Pirès for Lizarazu (85 mn)
Notes: Petit was not available for this game as he was suffering from a fever
Wiltord played as left SS
Trezeguet played as CF, this relocated Henry as a left SS/CF and Wiltord as right SS
Pirès played the remaining of the second half improvised as a LB/LWB
For the extra time, France played as very aggressive 3-5-2: Thuram (CB), Blanc (SWP), Desailly (CB); Wiltord (RMF), Vieira (CMF), Zidane (AMF), Deschamps (DMF), Pirès (LMF); Trezeguet (CF) and Henry (CF/SS)
France became the second European country to hold both World and Continental trophies after West Germany did it first in 1974, also Didier Deschamps became the second European captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship after the German Franz Beckenbauer

Captained by: Didier Deschamps
Short Free Kick: Zinedine Zidane/Youri Djorkaeff
Long Free Kick: Youri Djorkaeff/Zinedine Zidane/Patrick Vieira/Didier Deschamps/Marcel Desailly/Bixente Lizarazu/Lilian Thuram/Laurent Blanc/Fabien Barthez
Free Kick 2: -
Left Corner: Youri Djorkaeff/Zinedine Zidane/Robert Pirès
Right Corner: Zinedine Zidane/Sylvain Wiltord
Penalty: Zinedine Zidane
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly, Patrick Vieira, Lilian Thuram

Team Strategy

★Counter Attack
★Change Sides: Djorkaeff/Zidane/Dugarry | Henry | Wiltord | Deschamps/Vieira
★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Ball Possession ATT
★CB Overlap: Laurent Blanc - After Italy scored