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Gallas nets as France draw with Tunisia

Arsenal defender William Gallas scored a 62nd minute equaliser as France saved their blushes by drawing 1-1 with Tunisia.

The ex-Chelsea man returned to action against Costa Rica on Wednesday following a calf injury and was able to get through just over an hour as Les Bleus limped to a draw with the world number 55-ranked team.

His goal canceled out Issam Jemaa's earlier effort as the French team continue preparations for the World Cup which kicks off in under two weeks.

Match details

Tunisia: 1 (Issam Jemaa 5') France: 1 (William Gallas 62') Venue: Stade 7 Novembre - Rades, Tunisia Crowd: 26,000

Starting Line-Ups

TUN

Aymen Mathlouthi (gk), Ammar Jmel, Karim Haggui, Yassin Mikari (Merieh 85'), Bilel Ifa, Khaled Korbi, Mehdi Nafti (Ragued 71'), Issam Jemaa (Chikhaoui 77'), Oussama Darragi (Achour 59'), Youssef M'Sakni (Mouihbi 64'), Fahid Ben Khalfallah

Subs - Selim Ben Achour (59'), Youssef Mouihbi (64'), Hocine Ragued (71'), Yassine Chikhaoui (77'), Mehdi Merieh (85')

FRA Hugo Lloris (gk), Eric Abidal (Planus 46'), William Gallas (Squillaci 64'), Patrice Evra (Clichy 64'), Bacary Sagna, Jeremy Toulalan, Florent Malouda, Yoann Gourcuff (Diaby 64'), Franck Ribery (Henry 46'), Nicolas Anelka (Gignac 63'), Sidney Govou (Cisse 75')

Subs - Thierry Henry (46'), Marc Planus (46'), Andre-Pierre Gignac (63'), Sebastien Squillaci (64'), Gael Clichy (64'), Abou Diaby (64'), Djibril Cisse (75')

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