How France manager Didier Deschamps must wish he had this group of legends to call upon in his quest for Euro 2016 glory . Thierry Henry , Marcel Desailly , Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira all took to the Stade de France turf before France 's defeat to Brazil on Thursday night to celebrate their position as national centurions . Together , they are four of just six players to be capped more than 100 times by Les Bleus , with Deschamps another and all-time leader Lilian Thuram making up the list . ( Left-right ) Zinedine Zidane , Thierry Henry , Marcel Desailly and Patrick Vieira celebrate 100 caps for France . The group are just four of the six players to have appeared more than 100 times for France . Henry ( left ) shares a joke on the Stade de France pitch with former international team-mate Desailly . All four players are also World Cup and European Championship winners with France . Lilian Thuram - 142 caps . Thierry Henry - 123 . Marcel Desailly- 116 . Zinedine Zidane - 108 . Patrick Vieira - 107 . Didier Deschamps - 103 . Thuram possesses 142 caps , with Henry second on 123 and defender Desailly third with 116 . Zidane is next up with 108 , then Vieira on 107 and finally current boss Deschamps on 103 . And of the six , four started the 1998 World Cup final on the same Paris pitch where they became champions , while Vieira came off the bench during the 3-0 triumph and Henry was an unused substitute - although he was France 's top scorer in the tournament with three goals . All six of them also started the final as France beat Italy 2-1 in extra-time to win Euro 2000 . France coach Didier Deschamps ( left ) is another national centurion as they were honoured alongside French president Francois Hollande ( third left ) and French football federation president Noel Le Graet ( third right ) ( Top row ) Henry , Vieira and Zidane , ( bottom row ) Deschamps , Lilian Thuram - France 's all-time most-capped player who did n't appear at the ceremony - and Desailly all in action for their country . Henry , with his ticket in hand , chats to fellow France legend Zidane ahead of the game . Henry also shared a joke with current France player Patrice Evra before the friendly at the Stade de France . Other than Thuram , the four other centurions were watching on as Dechamps ' side were beaten 3-1 by Brazil , despite taking a first-half lead through Raphael Varane . Chelsea 's Oscar levelled the game later in the half , before Neymar and Luiz Gustavo struck after the interval . It was a frustrating result for Deschamps , who kept his job despite seeing France crash out at the quarter-final stage to eventual champions Germany during last summer 's World Cup . And with Euro 2016 set to be played on home turf , there will be precious few games for him to prepare for an assault at glory , with friendlies against Belgium and Albania in June before a trip to Wembley to face England in November . Raphael Varane headed France into a 1-0 lead against Brazil on Thursday night in Paris . Chelsea midfielder Oscar shows his delight after levelling the scores shortly before half time . Neymar ( centre ) then fired home for Brazil after the interval to give his side the lead . Luis Gustavo celebrates making it 3-1 for Brazil on the night as they beat France .
Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane celebrate 100 caps for France . Joined by fellow centurions Marcel Desailly and Patrick Vieira . France manager Didier Deschamps is another alongside Lilian Thuram . The French team will play their first game in the United States on Saturday against Mexico at Soldier Field.