Graham Poll was never going to get the final anyway - as his home country England, will of course be there to win it.

The fate of the French team will be decided today. They have not played well but perhaps it is too early to write them off? In 1998 they had only just scraped through from the group stage after playing very poorly. And in their first knock-out match, it was only a extra time 'Golden Goal' that saw them overcome Paraguay - but they went on to win the whole thing and in great style.

A win for them against Togo will be enough but a draw will probably not be.