There are plenty of interesting sub-plots as England prepare to take on France, but none quite like Marcus Thuram's chance for revenge which is 18 years in the making.
We have examples of current team-mates facing off, most notably Spurs colleagues Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane going head to head as international captains. There are also former team-mates in opposition, with Kieran Trippier - if he features - being tasked with helping contain Antoine Griezmann after playing with the Frenchman at Atletico Madrid.
In Thuram's case, though, it is personal. His father Lilian went up against England in a memorable Euro 2004 clash, and the 1998 World Cup winner has the scars to show for it.
Back in 2004, Wayne Rooney was England's secret (or secret-ish) weapon against a France side going into the European Championships as reigning champions. The then-teenager was playing his first senior international tournament, having made his Premier League debut for Everton just a few weeks after the 2002 World Cup.
That World Cup wasn't the most memorable for France, who were eliminated in the group stages after taking just one point from games against Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark. Fewer than half of the 1998 World Cup winning squad were still in the mix for Euro 2004, but defender Lilian Thuram - the match-winner in the semi-final against Croatia - was among the survivors.
France struggled to deal with Rooney, who won a penalty after zipping past Thuram and leaving Mikael Silvestre with no option but to bring him down. However, that might not be the moment the defender remembers most clearly.
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Before the tournament, Thuram had questioned whether Rooney's inexperience might count against him. The Everton man put that theory to bed, though - not just with his run for the penalty but also with an elbow to the jaw which he would later recall in the Amazon Prime documentary 'Rooney'.
"I've just banged right into his jaw, and then I looked back at him as if to say 'now you know who I am!'" Rooney said. "Still to this day seeing his face, the fear of thinking 'what am I gonna do here?'"
Thuram wasn't the only one to get a shock from Rooney's performance. Gary Neville, who started for England that evening in Lisbon, said "You don't do that against France.
"He was doing something that was, for an English player, really, really special. He was just breathtaking," Neville continued. "This was a different level, this was something out of this world.
"The French were unbelievable. [Zinedine] Zidane and Henry were two of the best players in the world, Thuram was one of the best defenders in the world. And he was ripping them to shreds. They couldn't handle him and he was 18 years of age."
While the game will be remembered for Rooney's efforts, it was also very nearly a memorable England win. Frank Lampard headed the Three Lions in front from a David Beckham free-kick, and if Beckham had converted his second-half of penalty it may well have been game over.
Instead, though, Fabien Barthez saved his former Manchester United team-mate's spot-kick and the lead remained precarious going into time added on. When that's the case, and when the opposition have Zinedine Zidane, a one-goal lead is never safe.
As Zidane stepped up, 25 yards from goal, the position looked better suited to a left footer. It didn't matter to the Real Madrid star, though, as he found the far corner of David James' net.
It wasn't over there, though. Thierry Henry beat James to a loose backpass from Steven Gerrard to win a penalty, and Zidane didn't repeat Beckham's mistake. The midfielder threw up as he prepared to take the crucial spot-kick, but that didn't harm his ability to send the England goalkeeper the wrong way from 12 yards.
Now, nearly two decades later, it's over to Marcus Thuram to see if he can follow his father in seeing off the challenge of England, and he'll hope to do so without quite as much physical pain. The Borussia Monchengladbach forward has yet to start a game in Qatar, but came off the bench in the wins against Australia, Denmark and Poland.
A late addition to the squad, the 25-year-old may be able to benefit from Karim Benzema's pre-tournament injury. With 13 club goals this season, he's already just one shy of his best ever single-season return, but is yet to get off the mark at international level.
Back in 2004, when Rooney left his father with a bruised jaw and bruised ego, Marcus Thuram was just a few weeks shy of his seventh birthday. If he gets the chance to exact revenge at Al Bayt Stadium, it will have been a long time coming.
