France and Holland, first and fourth respectively at the last World Cup, are both already through to the next round.

"I can't wait to play," Kluivert said. "It will be a spectacular game because both teams are ambitious and like to take risks and play forward."

The Barcelona star is looking forward to pitting his wits against the team he regards as the most impressive of the tournament.

"They have a lot of confidence and play like the world champions they are. This team never seems in danger," he said.

The tournament co-hosts they will face France in the final Group D match in Amsterdam tonight without keeper Edwin van der Sar.

The 29-year-old Juventus star injured his left thigh during the 3-0 victory over Denmark last Friday when he fouled striker Ebbe Sand and gave away a penalty, which Michael Schjonberg missed.

Holland coach Frank Rijkaard, whose side have already qualified for the last eight, revealed van der Sar could also miss the quarter-finals.

"It is a difficult question with van der Sar," Rijkaard said. "He will not play against France, that's for sure. With the future matches, we still don't know."

Michael Reiziger and Clarence Seedorf are both also doubtful, but Manchester United defender Jaap Stam is fit to return.

Rijkaard has warned that Roger Lemerre's French team of 2000 are stronger than Aime Jacquet's World Cup winners of two years ago.

"France are an excellent team, with an attacking threat they did not really have in the 1998 World Cup," he said.

"They are as strong as ever in defence and midfield. And as they are now better up front, I think they're even stronger than they were two years ago."

France tried a number of players in the striking position in the World Cup but it was right winger Thierry Henry who was their top scorer with three goals. Henry has since taken up a central striking role after joining Arsene Wenger's French connection at Arsenal, and has looked in devastating form alongside Real Madrid's Nicolas Anelka for France.

Yet playmaker Zinedine Zidane has said he would rather Christophe Dugarry was one of Lemerre's front two.

"He's my friend - we played together at Bordeaux and we know each others' games and qualities," he said.

Zidane, who has been among the stars of the tournament so far, is still not completely happy with his own form.

The former World Player of the Year thinks he was out of sorts in the 2-1 win over Czech Republic.

"It would have been better for me if I could have given the attackers better passes - but a few went wrong," he said.

But Zidane realises that results are more important than individual performances in major tournaments.

"At the end of my career - they won't talk about my beauty in matches but about what results I have achieved - what titles I have won," said the man who made up for a disappointing World Cup with two headed goals in the final against Brazil.

Lemerre is likely to rest a number of his key players, with veteran defender Laurent Blanc set to be replaced by Chelsea's Frank Leboeuf and Middlesbrough-bound midfielder Christian Karembeu likely to start.

Rijkaard has promised to play as near to his first team as possible as his side look for a win to guarantee them home advantage in the quarter-finals in Rotterdam.