i remember croatia lost to poland in the friendly just before the world cup, and you saw how "well" poland played against ecuador on the first matchday
yeah but its weird how they(france) scored the least in qualification group matches, especially if you have players like henry and trezeguet on your team.
In 2002, Trezeguet was top scorer in Serie A, Henry was top scorer in EPL and Cisse was top scorer in Ligue 1 and they managed to leave the tournament without scoring a single goal.