Raymond Domenech is being urged by his players to let them keep playing attacking football at the World Cup, because they feel so comfortable in their new 4-3-3 formation.

Domenech switched to a more adventurous style in Wednesday's 2-1 win against Costa Rica, and the signs were encouraging enough for him to try it again in tomorrow's friendly against Tunisia.

The France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff said "there was an improvement in the way we played" and that "there was a lot more movement around the ball carrier" than in the stale 4-2-3-1 France adopted throughout the qualifiers.

France missed chances against Costa Rica, but they showed the attacking flair and panache so lacking in recent years.