Articles tagged with "euro-2008"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 9th, 2008
Spain finally removed that crippling monkey from their back this summer and we now know their motivation: beer. Brewer Cruzcampo awarded each player their weight ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Oct 9th, 2008
All righty, a few changes since the last post. (Thanks to everybody who's been keeping our readers up to date in the comments!) ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Dancy | Oct 7th, 2008
A rash of injuries marred the first day of international break for La Seleccion today. Most of them are minor, but Diego Capel was reportedly in ...
Posted on: Portugal World Cup Blog by Greg | Oct 3rd, 2008
New old faces are back in the lineup for Carlos Queiroz and the next round of WC2010 qualifiers against the SwissSweden on the 11th of ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Oct 2nd, 2008
Raymond Domenech unveiled the list today for the WC qualifier vs. Romania and the friendly against Tunisia.
Biggest surprise for me? No Samir ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Oct 1st, 2008
As has been mentioned in the comments, there has been a lot of criticism in the French press lately about the way the FFF and ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Sep 22nd, 2008
No big news in France-land that I'm seeing, aside from the fact that we apparently broke Philippe Mexès when he was on international duty. ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Sep 20th, 2008
Sensitive young souls, cover your eyes. Everybody else? Please join me in wishing a Happy (slightly belated) Birthday to Noémie Lenoir, Mrs. Claude ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Sep 11th, 2008
Having a look around the French press today, these two are getting the rave reviews. Lots of headlines about Anelka changing the game when ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Sep 11th, 2008
First thing: Raymond Domenech has kept his job. For now.
According to Christian Teinturier, the VP of the FFF who was apparently ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Dancy | Sep 11th, 2008
I’m a huge La Seleccion and Real Madrid fan. I first got into footy because of David Beckham – as did half the world, ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Sep 10th, 2008
I'm buzzing from that France performance. I wrote about it a bit already, but the buzz still hasn't subsided.
I'm wary of getting carried away ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Sep 10th, 2008
L'Equipe is saying that Philippe Mexès, Patrice Evra and Samir Nasri are out, to be replaced by Eric Abidal, Gaël Clichy, and Yoann Gourcuff.
Yeah, I ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by jeff | Sep 8th, 2008
After France's shocking performance against Austria, losing 3-1 to kick off the World Cup Qualifying campaign, many supporters have turned their thoughts to le sélectionneur, ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Greg | Sep 8th, 2008
Technical difficulties anyone? I think Queiroz started the match with the following XI, but I'm not sure because of the fantastic broadcast conditions: ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 6th, 2008
Okay, let's look at the bright side.
Um...
I know there's something...
Oh, got one! Actually, more than one!
1) Jérémy Toulalan gets better every game, ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 6th, 2008
The game is half over in real time, but Setanta is broadcasting on a little over an hour time delay.
If you're watching on ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 6th, 2008
Oh no! Sidney Govou is getting creative with his hair again. I thought that was just a phase. (I consider him wholly ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 4th, 2008
The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 3rd, 2008
Hatem ben Arfa is out of the upcoming qualifiers with continuing issues with his adducteurs. He's been replaced by Jimmy Briand of Rennes -- ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by jeff | Sep 2nd, 2008
This headline, "Saha becomes a Toffee after passing Everton medical", struck me as curious: how did Saha pass a medical?
I, for one, really hope his ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Greg | Sep 2nd, 2008
It's way too simple and a lot less fun to guess how this team will be placed on the field by Boss Queiroz. I'd ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 29th, 2008
Just a couple of quick things.
First off, we've started discussion forums over on The Offside for fans to discuss anything about ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 28th, 2008
Here's the list for our World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Austria. These games make me nervous. After watching Austria in Euros, I'm ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 28th, 2008
If you've been following the conversations in the comments on this blog, you know that last week Sébastien Frey followed in David Trezeguet's footsteps and ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 26th, 2008
Found this shirt on e-bay. The sale is over now, but I think it came from Thailand. Made me laugh.
I actually ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Greg | Aug 21st, 2008
I'm sorry I haven't posted in a few days, but I'm on "vacation" in Florida and have a Tropical Storm bearing down on where I'm ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 21st, 2008
First thing. I'm thrilled by the win, and thrilled that we scored three goals, and thrilled that the Govou who showed up today was ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by jeff | Aug 20th, 2008
Dastardly Henrik Larsson, I'm still bitter about his 2006 Champions League final cameo, opens the scoring:
France stars of the present and future, Sagna and Benzema, ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 20th, 2008
From l'Equipe. No huge surprises for starters, but it's good to see Mexès starting. And I'm interested to see what Sagna can do, ...
