World Cup champions Brazil face France in the last quarter-final match of the World Cup Finals in Frankfurt on Saturday evening, with the winner meeting either England or Portugal in the semi-finals.

Neither team has any suspensions for the match, which will see two former World Cup champions encounter each other for the first time in the World Cup since 1998, when France were the victors.

Since then, the teams have met twice, France winning 2-1 in the semi-finals of the 2001 Confederations Cup before a goalless draw in a friendly in 2004.

Having already qualified for the knockout stages, Brazil head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira brought in some fresh faces for the final group game against Japan, which Brazil won 4-1 after going a goal down to a strike from Tamada.

Parreira reverted to his original line-up against Ghana in the first knockout round, which his team were fortunate to win 3-0 after the Black Stars often outplayed the Seleçao.

Les Bleus boss Raymond Domenech also seems to have found the right formula and, providing they all stay fit, the players who started in Tuesday's impressive 3-1 win over Spain should be picked again.

It is expected that Domenech will stick with his preferred 4-2-3-1 formation, which has captain Zinedine Zidane in a midfield playmaking role, with Arsenal striker Thierry Henry on his own in the striking role.

Franck Ribery, who opened the scoring with his first goal for France against Spain, should again start on the right side of midfield.

Brazil head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has a couple of injury doubts for the match with Robinho suffering from a pull to his right thigh, and with both Kaka and Emerson suffering from minor injuries to their right knees.

“We lacked consistency with our moves. It's one thing to have speed. It's another thing to be in a hurry. We confused speed with hurry. We were very hurried. We were in a hurry too often and we made a lot of mistakes.

“What we have to do is work the ball around the pitch more before we make the move.”

Brazil will no doubt be wanting to erase the memory of the 1998 World Cup Final which France, playing on their home turf, beat Brazil 3-0 to lift the title, but Parreira thinks differently saying: “It's got nothing to do with that game.

“There's no atmosphere of revenge, we're not thinking about that here.”

The main reason for the dismantling of Brazil in the Final in 1998 was France captain Zinedine Zidane, who scored two first-half goals to shock the Seleçao into defeat.

Zidane has announced that he will retire from football completely after the World Cup Finals, which led to Brazil star Robinho saying: “I hope we can make Zidane retire.”

France and Juventus midfielder Vieira said: "Our goal is to go all the way. We're not there yet, but I'm sure we can play even better."