THE WORLD CUP OF 1998 WAS HELD ON FRANCE. SO FRANCE QUALIFIED FOR THE WORLD CUP WITHOUT EVEN PLAYING A GAME. THIS TIME THEY SHOWED HOW GOOD ACTUALLY THEY WERE. IN THIS WORLD CUP THEY HAD VERY GOOD PLAYERS LIKE ZIDANE AND THE GOALKEEPER WAS ALSO GOOD. IN THE FIRST ROUND THEY HAD TO PLAY WITH SOME VERY GOOD COUNTRIES BUT FRANCE WON ALL OF THEM.

IN THE SECOND ROUND ALSO THEY WON THE MATCH AND QUALIFIED FOR THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE WORLD CUP. IN THE QUARTER FINALS THEY HAD TO PLAY AGAINST ITALY. THIS WAS THE HARDEST MATCH FOR FRANCE TO WIN IN THE WORLD CUP. ITALY HAD VERY GOOD PLAYERS LIKE ROBERTO BAZIO, DEL PIERRO, MALDINI AND MANY OTHERS. IN THIS MATCH AT FIRST FRANCE SCORED A GOAL. THEN LATER ITALY ALSO SCORED A GOAL. AFTER THAT SOME MORE TIME WAS ADDED AND IT STILL WAS A DRAW SCORE. SO THEY HAD PENALTY. IN THE PENALTY THEY WON BECAUSE OF THE SAVE FROM THIER GOALKEEPER AND THE MISS FROM ONE OF THE ITALY'S GREATEST PLAYER D.B. BAZIO.

AFTER WINNING ITALY FRANCE HEADED TOWARDS THE SEMIFINALS. IN THE SEMIFINALS THEY HAD TO PLAY WITH CROATIA. IT WAS ALSO QUITE HARD TO WIN CROTIA BUT THEY WON THEM ANYWAY. THEY WERE OVERJOYED BY WINNING CROATIA AND GOING TO THE FINALS. BUT IN THE FINALS THEY HAD TO PLAY WITH BRAZIL, THE WINNER OF THE WORLD CUP IN 1994. IN THE FINALS THEY AMAZED EVRYONE BY WINNING BRAZIL VERY EASILY AND SCORING 3 GOALS IN THE FINAL MATCH. TWO GOALS WERE SCORED BY THE GREAT PLAYER ZIDANE AND AT LAST FRANCE WON THE WORLD CUP OF 1998.