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France into Cup final
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Published 26/06/2003 at 22:58 GMT+1
France qualified for the Confederations Cup final on Thursday evening with a hard fought 3-2 victory over Turkey at the Stade de France. France appeared to have the match under control leading 3-1 at the break, courtesy of goals to their Arsenal trio Robe
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The game was played in very emotional atmosphere after Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed and died during his side's 1-0 victory over Colombia in the first semi-final in
Lyon.
The French will defend their title against the African champions in the final in Paris on Sunday.
France went ahead with a close-range goal by striker Thierry Henry in the 11th minute and he then set up his Arsenal team mate Robert Pires for the second before Turkey reduced the deficit through midfielder Gokdeniz Karadeniz in the 41st minute.
Another Arsenal man, Sylvain Wiltord, hit back two minutes later to give the European champions a 3-1 advantage at the interval.
Turkey, who eliminated world champions Brazil in the group stage, moved up a gear in the second half and striker Tuncay Sanli volleyed their second in the 48th minute.
Three minutes from time they were given the perfect chance to equalise when Olivier Dacourt was ruled to have fouled Alpay Ozalan in the box but Okan Yilmaz dragged his penalty wide.
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