Barca goal merchant is about to write his name further in the history books.


After making his debut in France in 1997, Thierry Henry ahs not looked back in terms of delivery quality performance for his home side. The patriotic French man achieved a landmark over the weekend when he equalled Michel Platini's goal's record for France, hitting 41 goals to tie the goal tally of the legendary Platini. Elated on achieving this feat, the FC Barcelona stalwart reveals qualities that made him succeed and go thus far over an unbroken period of ten full years with the national team:

Anyone with the right attitude could set high targets and work towards achieving them. What is important is to be consistent. That's what one needs in order to break records. Steadfastness cannot be over emphasized. However, I prefer to speak of the team; I'd much rather pass the ball to a player who's in a better position to score than I am.

France needs to garner six points in their last two games against Lithuania and Ukraine if Les Blues hope to qualify for the EURO 2008 Championship. Thierry Henry is optimistic and wants to put in his best:

I'll try to do well against Lithuania, then we'll see what happens in Scotland-Italy, as one team will need to drop points in that match. Finally, we'll look for three points in Ukraine.I have that last rung to climb, and of course the team has two to reach the European Championships.

On his favourite goal scored for France, Thierry smiles and picks out three goals:

I remember a goal against Scotland in 2002, and one against Denmark in the European Championship, and finally one against Brazil in the World Cup of 2006. Those were the best.

France will play Lithuania on Wednesday in a match which is already attracting lots of media attention as Thierry Henry is expected to break Platini's goal record by scoring his 42nd goal for France.