Kuhn said that the French team are pretty much the same as in the 2002 World Cup, with the difference of Arsenal's Thierry Henry being in the squad.

"I believe it'll be pretty much the same kind of game as the last two," Switzerland's coach said. "The France team has only changed a little, but with one significant change and that's Thierry Henry, who wasn't around for the last games."

Switzerland are playing their opening match in the World Cup 2006 against France tomorrow. "The last two are very very important in relation to tomorrow's game - France is more or less the same team aside from Henry," Kuhn added.

"It's up to us to come up with the recipe," he said, but declined to give any further details about the tactics that will be deployed in the match.

"My team are young but they're a young side that have a lot of experience playing club football at Arsenal, Leverkusen, Lazio... They play alongside the greatest footballers in Europe and have gained a lot of experience.

"It doesn't make me scared to play with such a young team."

Kobi Kuhn also said that there were no major injury worries ahead of Switzerland's debut appearance in the World Cup Finals, hosted by Germany.

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