CASABLANCA, Morocco, June 6 (Reuters) - World champions France sent a strong warning to their Euro 2000 rivals with a 5-1 thrashing of Morocco in their last warm-up match on Tuesday before the Championship Finals start.

The French scored three goals in the last 15 minutes to seal their best win since they beat Azerbaijan 10-0 in 1996. France also extended their unbeaten run to 12 games and confirmed they have some impressive firepower in Arsenal's Thierry Henry and Real Madrid's Nicolas Anelka who scored a goal apiece.

They also clinched the King Hassan-II Cup, just as they did two years ago before they went into the World Cup Finals at home.

'I feel confident because I know I can rely on 22 players at Euro 2000', said French coach Roger Lemerre. 'The guys are ready and proved they are all efficient.'

'But my main concern tonight was to give some players a rest. We must remember that our main goal is Sunday's game against Denmark.'

Suprisingly Lemerre decided to start with only one defensive midfielder, Arsenal's Patrick Vieira, but with two strikers upfront - Henry and Anelka.

'I wanted to see what they can do together', said Lemerre. 'But you can't say now that they will start against the Danes next weekend.'

Lemerre's choice proved the right one when Henry opened the scoring by slotting home a fine pass by Anelka in the 26th minute. It was obvious that the two players got along together when Anelka, launched by Henry, was awarded a penalty that was converted by Djorkaeff after the break.

The Moroccans tried to react and reduced the deficit thanks to a header by defender Talal El Kharkouri in the 66th. Playmaker Zinedine Zidane replaced Djorkaeff on the hour and the French put a stranglehold on the match.

'I wanted to be sure that Zidane and Anelka and Henry could do well together', Lemerre explained. 'But I also want to stress the good performances of Emmanuel Petit who came in for Johan Micoud.'

A fine pass by Zidane opened a way into the Moroccan defence for Christophe Dugarry and the Bordeaux striker completed the job with a 20 metres lob for France third goal.

With 15 minutes to play, France were unstoppable and Anelka netted the fourth with a perfect shot in the 84th to put the outcome of the match beyond doubt.

But the best goal was from Sylvain Wiltord, who blasted home after an unchallenged move two minutes into injury time.

'The guys looked more focused as we are getting closer to the event', Lemerre said. 'I'm just pleased to have so much talent in the team.'