France´s Malouda confident of qualifying

Florent Malouda says France are full of confidence ahead of Tuesday’s Euro 2012 Group D qualifier at home to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The French hold a one-point lead over their opponents ahead of the winner-takes-all qualifier, but Malouda is confident that they will book their ticket for next year’s tournament.

“We’re going into this last match with confidence; we know our opponents and we absolutely have to win,” Malouda told the official FIFA website.

“We’re playing at home and we need to turn that to our advantage and make sure it doesn’t make us nervous.”

“We’ll be going into the game with a winning mentality. An experienced player should be able to cope with the pressure of big games and prepare for that type of thing, and react to it in the right way.”

The Chelsea ace then briefly mentioned France’s injury problems before adding that they have the quality to cope with the situation.

“The only slight concern is all the injuries we have, which are affecting us a bit at the moment. That said, it’s a good opportunity to test the quality of our squad.”

Patrice Evra, Mathieu Debuchy, Eric Abidal, Kevin Gameiro and Yohan Cabaye are all doubtful for Tuesday’s game with various injuries.