France will go to Germany believing they can win the World Cup and with a team good enough to do so, a defiant Zinedine Zidane told sports daily L’Equipe on Monday.
"The World Cup is not an important objective, it’s the greatest objective" he said.
"We are not going to play a World Cup just for the pleasure of taking part. I don't know if we'll win it but we can make it, I'd stake my life on it," he added.
"I'm 33, I'll be 34 in Germany. When one has won the World Cup and lost it four years later, winning it back is an magnificent and imperious obligation."
"If we are at 150 percent on D-Day, I don't see which country could trouble us apart from Brazil, obviously, because they are the only fearsome team as they have always been."
Zidane plays his Football for Real Madrid and retired from international football only to make a comeback and captain France in their World Cup qulaifying campaign. He has struggled with form but believes that he is now hitting form
"I have been going well for several weeks. The first six months of the season were difficult because I was injured and Real had bad results," he said.
"The form of a player often depends on his team results. Now, we are doing better in term of results and quality of play."