France needed goals in the second half from William Gallas to grab 1-1 draw in Tunisia in the second game of their World Cup warm-up last Sunday.Central defender Gallas, who could undoubtedly be featured as a player in World Cup opener due to calf muscle injury, to convince coach Raymond Domenech heading into free-kick with Yoann Gourcuff in the 63rd minute to save the world champion and former European champions from defeat.
Tunisia fought with courage, opened the scoring in the fifth minute through forward Issam Jemaa, but France, which still need time to adapt to the new 4-3-3 system which was introduced during the team's 2-1 victory over Costa Rica, Wednesday, increasing gradually.
As when against Costa Rica, forward Thierry Henry is sitting on the bench when the game starts, giving armbands to left back Patrice Evra players, and entered the field in the second half.
The only member of the French team which won the 1998 World Cup, although he was not playing in finals, Henry aged 32 years experienced a difficult season with Barcelona and now in the twilight of his career.
Are not yet familiar with their new system, with only one holding midfield player than the usual two, a more defensive 4-2-3-1 formation, the French sometimes looked fragile at the back.
However, gaining confidence in a row with the game and win the battle in midfield, they were threatened with a low kick from the edge of the penalty area by a broad Franck Ribery at 23 minutes and then Florent Malouda volley game before the break.
France, who knocked out at the initial stage in Euro 2008 and have since continued to make their fans frustrated with the appearance of less convincing, still have to do something if they want to make an impact for the World Cup.
Playing in front of 55 000 spectators at night lemban partisans outside the town of Tunis, they tried to dribble forward and put aside prudence, boring tactics that characterized them during the last few years.
Furthermore, France will fly to the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean to counter China's over there on Friday in their final warm-up match before the World Cup finals, June 11-July 11 in South Africa, where they will face the host country, Mexico and Uruguay in Group A .