France kept their World Cup qualifying hopes alive when a Franck Ribery goal earned a 1-0 victory in Lithuania on Saturday.
Ribery netted in the 67th minute with a powerful 20-metre drive after being set up by Yoann Gourcuff.
France, who have a game in hand on leaders Serbia, remain third in Group Seven with seven points from four matches.
Les Bleus are two points behind Lithuania, who meet the French again in Paris on Wednesday. Serbia, 3-2 winners in Romania, have 12 points from five games.
“This win is very important for us. We all had a good match, we fought on a bad pitch,” Ribery told the French TV channel TF1.
“We had so many chances and we wanted this goal very badly. Now we have to do it again on Wednesday at the Stade de France.”
Coach Raymond Domenech said: “We dominated and we won but there will be another game in a few days. We should not gloat yet.
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