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A mightily struggling France team found they way to South Africa through a combination of poor refereeing and unbelievable rotten luck for the Irish as Barcelona’s Thierry Henry played hand ball twice before his cross found Arsenal star William Gallas

The French won game 1 of their World Cup playoff against Ireland with the narrowest of margins (1:0), but that helped the FTBL scores of defenders, particularly Arsenal’sBakari Sagna (pictured right), who added more than 15 rating points.

As France netted a laborious but crucial 1:0 away win over Ireland in the fist game of their World Cup 2010 playoff yesterday, Olympique Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (pictured) earned a whopping 18.15 rating points in the FTBL system to break into the

There are currently no Frenchmen in the FTBL World Top 23 of defenders, and Arsenal’s France international William Gallas (104.11 points) is ready for a return into that elite list.