Articles tagged with "France"
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 2nd, 2007
William Gallas did a webchat recently for Arsenal.com. In English, no less. (Love those English interviews.) It's a long one, and full of ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 29th, 2007
Longtime followers of this blog are familiar with my uneasy fascination with France World Cup substitute Vikash Dhorasoo. The man activates my maternal area ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 25th, 2007
And finally some good news for France. Samir Nasri will be returning to play for Marseille this weekend vs. Sochaux. I was ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 23rd, 2007
How did it slip my notice that France was playing Morocco on November 16? Oops.
The fff recently announced some friendlies for 2008, ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 19th, 2007
Here's the video of both of Thierry Henry's goals from Wednesday's France-Lithuania game. Two things stand out for me:
First, the service from both Hatem ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 17th, 2007
Whew. Three points.
For most of the game I was thinking it would be Scotland all over again -- domination of possession, inability ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 14th, 2007
Here's a good video of the goals from yesterday's game. My favorite is the second Karim Benzema goal, which I think was the fifth ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Oct 6th, 2007
After seeing the difficulty the current favored ones are having with crosses, I'm wondering what everybody thinks of the idea of playing Jérôme Rothen. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 29th, 2007
This is a photo I took of a couple of Scottish fans at the France-Scotland game in Paris. You can't tell from the photo, ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 27th, 2007
This is the video of Karim Benzema's third goal at the Metz-Lyon game I was at on Sept. 15. (Look! That's me in ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 25th, 2007
Samir Nasri is one sick puppy. He's been hospitalized with "a virus" and won't even be training with Marseille for at least ten days. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 24th, 2007
Add Inter's Roberto Mancini to the long and growing list of managers upset with how Franch coach Raymond Domenech manages his players.
Inter Milan ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 18th, 2007
If you are Laurie on the France World Cup Blog and love all things Zinedine Zidane, you will really enjoy watching the documentary - "Comme ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 18th, 2007
I'm home at last, sitting here drinking a venti triple latte from Starbucks. (Because I can.) Then I think I'll have some ICE ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Sep 12th, 2007
If you ever get a chance to attend a game in France, do it! There are about 15,000 Scotsmen running around Paris in kilts ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 27th, 2007
The UEFA hammer has come down upon the head of France manager Raymond Domenech. Europe's football governing body has suspended Domenech for his team's ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 21st, 2007
I've found one source for viewing the Slovakia-France game tomorrow, and that's JumpTV. Alas, no, it's not free, but in my opinion the prices ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 20th, 2007
Lilian Thuram, Willam Gallas and Julien Escudé have all been declared forfaitsfor this week's A and A' games against Slovakia. Escude, according to one ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 14th, 2007
For someone who looks a lot like a college professor, France manager Raymond Domenech often comes off as having something less than an elementary school ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 13th, 2007
The list for the Slovakia-France friendly will be released on Thursday, August 16. Who are we expecting to be on it?
I think I join ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 10th, 2007
I can't decide what I think about this. On the one hand, Italy certainly has opened itself up to charges like this by ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Aug 7th, 2007
No, I have not forgotten this blog! Sorry for my silence lately -- busy, out of town, distracted, etc. I will try not ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 9th, 2007
So where were you one year ago today?
Yes, it was a year ago. The World Cup final. We were all watching ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 6th, 2007
You know when your chronically unemployed relative (we all have one, right?) finally lands a series of interviews? And you don't want to say ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 2nd, 2007
I just can't make myself write any more about transfers and transfer rumors today, so instead I thought I'd share a fun Zidane commercial. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 30th, 2007
During the season when you'll find most football players sunning themselves on exotic beaches, our guy Lilian Thuram has been spending time promoting peace ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 26th, 2007
When everybody finally signs a contract, transfer season will at last be over and you will be able to breathe again. Nope, sorry, we're ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 22nd, 2007
Let's get right down to the latest and greatest rumors. Since it's Friday, though, and I'm feeling lazy, I'm not going to try to ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 19th, 2007
First, a quick update on the players we've already talked about. Thierry Henry? We'll talk about him in a second. David Trezeguet? ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jun 14th, 2007
Rumors, rumors everywhere. I love transfer time, because you can spread all of the gossip you want and nobody ever holds you responsible when ...
