Colombia loses 1-0 to France

Winger Franck Ribery opened the scoring from a penalty after striker Henry, who became the sixth French player to reach the century milestone, was fouled in the box on 24 minutes. The game ended South American-flavored preparations for the 2006 World Cup runners-up, who defeated Ecuador 2-0 last week before being held to a 0-0 draw by Paraguay at the weekend.The Colombian national team will now have to focus on the knockout matches against Peru and again Ecuador to qualify for the 2010 World Championship Soccer in South Africa.

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