France notched up a 1-0 win over Belgium in the Hassan II tournament in Morocco last night, but the World Cup hosts were far from impressive.
Juventus's attacking midfielder Zinedine Zidane scored in the 63rd minute, following good work by Lilian Thuram and Stephane Guivarc'h, in a far from convincing display.
Both sides lacked energy in the Mohamed V stadium in Casablanca but both are coming to the end of an arduous World Cup warm-up schedule.
France, who have two draws and a defeat in their last three matches, thereby earned their first success since their 1-0 victory over Spain on January 28th.
And it was Zidane, who now has nine goals for his country, who scored in that win at the inauguration of the Stade de France.
France still have work to do in their build-up and they have two warm-up games left.
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