France-Italy football rivalry

National teams of France and Italy are longtime rivals, as the two countries are neighbours and football is Italy's national sport. In recent times this rivalry has been more diffused, as many top French players made their names while playing for Serie A clubs, notably Lilian Thuram (Parma FC & Juventus), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Marcel Desailly (A.C. Milan) and Zinedine Zidane (Juventus) to name a few.