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Despite being one of the favourites for UEFA EURO 2008, France were unceremoniously dumped out of the competition in the first round.

Veteran France defender Lilian Thuram confirmed his international retirement on Tuesday following France's first round exit from EURO 2008.

France coach Raymond Domenech has praised his side for the way they reacted to a series of "catastrophes" in their 2-0 EURO loss to Italy.