Brazil midfielder Ze Roberto sees Saturday's quarter-final with France as the perfect opportunity for the South Americans to avenge their 3-0 defeat by France in the 1998 final.

Ze Roberto, who is now a free agent after leaving Bayern Munich, was part of the Brazilian squad that were comprehensively beaten by Les Bleus in France eight years ago.

Now the 31-year-old is determined to give the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira and Fabien Barthez a taste of their own medicine when the two sides meet again in Frankfurt.

"Life does not always give the chance to correct something from the past, but we have to take advantage of the opportunity," said Ze Roberto.

However, captain Cafu, who is playing in his fourth World Cup finals, believes the 1998 defeat should be consigned to the record books.

"That is part of history, of the past," he said. "France were better than Brazil and deserved to win.

"Now we have other responsibilities and there's no reason to take that story of revenge to the pitch.

"We need to think that France are big rivals and our biggest goal is to advance to the semi-finals."

Midfielder Juninho Pernambucano, who has the inside track on many of the French players after spending the last five seasons with French champions Lyon, echoes Cafu's sentiments.

"My feeling is to win, not to take revenge." he said.

"France deserved that triumph and wrote the most beautiful page of their history with a world title."

And Bayer Leverkusen centre-back Juan insists the French victory in Paris will not give them a psychological edge.

"There are only a few players who were in that final and all of them know it is past," he said.

"Nobody will change the result of that match and Saturday's will be a totally different game."