France Beats England in Soccer 　　Howard Wilkinson's reign as England caretaker coach got off to the worst possible start, as world champion France served up an exhibition of flowing football to record their first ever victory at Wembley. 　　Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka was the architect of England's destruction, finishing off two sweeping second-half moves in eight minutes. 　　After an encouraging start England was simply brushed aside in the second period, as World Player of the Year Zinedine stamped his authority on proceedings with a sublime individual display. 　　The defense, which was dominated by Arsenal veterans, was torn to shreds on a number of occasions, the midfield was over-run in embarrassing fashion and Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and later substitute Andy Cole were left totally detached up front. 　　The English squad had a satisfactory start in the first half. Tony Adams was presented with a glorious chance in only the second minute, as David Beckham sent over a free kick from the right. But Adams, who found himself unmarked in the box, put his header wide. 　　England continued to make the early running and French keeper Fabien Barthez was forced into a sharp save after eight minutes, turning away Owen's deflected shot with his legs following Shearer' s knock-down. 　　After their steady start, England faded towards half time and they began the second period in a similarly pedestrian vein, as France indulged in possession football. 　　Zidane, who became more and more of an influence as the match wore on, came close with a rasping 60th minute shot that flashed just past substitute Nigel Martyn's left-hand post. 　　France thought they had scored in the 63rd minute after Zidane had caught the England defense static with a superb first-time chip. The pass found Anelka with only Martyn barring his way and he duly beat the keeper with a ferocious drive -- but the ball crashed against the underside of the bar before bouncing clear, TV replays suggesting it had crossed the goal-line. 　　But the Arsenal man was not to be denied five minutes later. Zidane again supplied a flick over the top of England's flat back four and Anelka slotted the ball into the far corner, for France's first ever goal at Wembley. 　　Lee Dixon's surprise international comeback ended with 20 minutes left, when he was stretched off following a sickening clash of heads with substitute Christophe Dugarry. 　　Anelka then grabbed his second -- with the influential Zidane again to the fore. He linked well with Dugarry, who roasted England on the left with a rampaging run and then laid the ball into the middle, where Anelka slid in from close range to give the luckless Martyn no chance. SportsNews 1999-02-12 Page8 Full Story in Chinese