EURO 2008: France - Lithuania, 1-0

Injury-plagued France defeated Lithuania by the slimmest of margins and only in the 79th minute of the game. Until that time I and my friends gnawed on our fingernails as we watched one opportunity after another slip away.

Granted the pitch was in a terrible condition (it appeared like they were playing on a high school American football field that had seen better days), and the temperatures frigid, but still, here was the number four team in the world struggling to score and dominate its Baltic rival.

France still has a handful more matches to play in the year, against Italy, among others, and so every victory, even the ones against underdogs, is crucial. Any missed matches and France could find itself finishing out of the top two teams that go on to the playoffs.