les bleus beat costa rica

it may not sound like a big deal, after all one would expect france to beat costa rica, but don't forget that costa rica are one of the teams who've qualified for germany 2006 wihtout having to face a playoff. great they may not be, but they are not bad either.

witness their first half performance: up two -nil at the half, forcing les bleus to comeback. that's a good thing. it'll instill some character in those french crazies.

it was nice to see nicolas "disappointing" anelka back in the fold and scoring a goal. add a cisse goal and henry's usual magic and the game in martinique was a good test, well passed. bring on germany this weekend.