Articles tagged with "euro-2008"
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Nov 1st, 2009
On paper, this shouldn't even be much of a matchup. France has the players with the big names and the big money.
You ...
Posted on: Portugal World Cup Blog by Miguel | Oct 23rd, 2009
After two very timely appearances for the NT against Hungary and Malta, Pedro Mendes suffered a knee injury during Glasgow Ranger's last Champions League match. ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Oct 19th, 2009
It's official. France's playoff opponent is Ireland.
And Raymond Domenech is kissing the boots of UEFA for deciding to seed the draw. ...
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Julian | Oct 17th, 2009
September 6th 2008. The setting: the entire peninsula is devastated after what we saw at the Euros three months earlier. Our illusions of the solidarity, ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Oct 15th, 2009
France are finding a bit of form.
And none too soon.
Domenech has pulled a rabbit out of the hat in Gignac.
Gignac put the match to rest ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Oct 14th, 2009
This is it! The final World Cup qualifier! Are you excited?
Yeah, neither is anybody else. Let's still hope for a good showing.
As ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Oct 12th, 2009
From FIFA:
"Serbia secured qualification in style, with Nikola Zigic, Marko Pantelic, Zdravko Kuzmanovic and Milan Javanovic (2) on target in a 5-0 win over Romania ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Oct 10th, 2009
LES ÉQUIPES PROBABLES
FRANCE: Mandanda - Sagna, Gallas, Abidal, Evra - Govou, L. Diarra, Toulalan, Henry (cap.) - Anelka, Gignac
ILES FÉROÉ: Mikkelsen - Danielsen, Gregersen, Eliasen, ...
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Julian | Oct 8th, 2009
One game. One more win and we are through to South Africa without having to worry about playoffs. One more match: a convincing enough display ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Oct 8th, 2009
Could Serbian hooligans solve all our problems?
From Prost Amerika Soccer:
FIFA have already fined the Serb FA $40,000 for incidents in all their previous ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Oct 7th, 2009
Recommended reading from Met:
Here’s a must-read from Amy Lawrence, especially for the comments that follow:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/oct/07/raymond-domenech-france-world-cup
And also:
Has anyone else noticed that Fox Soccer Channel is advertising ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Oct 5th, 2009
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst, I always say.
And thank goodness for Group 9, because the worst, if France can win at ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Sep 23rd, 2009
I believe the Brits refer to the upcoming matches as "squeaky bum time."
(Oh, please. Don't blame me. I didn't create the ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Sep 9th, 2009
C'mon, Romania!!! Oh, and France, too.
If we can get a win today at Serbia, our fate is still in our own hands. ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Sep 7th, 2009
When it makes the Guardian, it has some legs to it, and the story is that Henry and Doms had a bust-up.
Following the match that ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Sep 7th, 2009
France's lineup was something like this:
Gignac
Henry Gourcuff Anelka
Toulalan Diarra
Evra Escude Gallas Sagna
Lloris
With Henry and Anelka, it was a bit ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Sep 4th, 2009
So apparently Abou Diaby collided with Hugo Lloris in training, causing injury. Now Lloris is "something of a doubt" for the Romania game. ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Sep 2nd, 2009
It's been a while. A while since I've wrote a post on this blog and a while since us supporters of La Furia Roja ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Aug 27th, 2009
New! Shocking! Amazing! Unusual!
Except not really.
Clichy and Diaby are back from injury. Vieira is not called up. Remy merited a ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Aug 12th, 2009
What can you say about a match like that?
France kept a clean sheet.
Gignac scored a nice goal.
France controlled the match and created a lot ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Aug 10th, 2009
Thierry Henry won't play when France meet the Faroe Islands in a couple days, because, according to Barcelona, he has pain in both Achilles tendons.
Henry ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Aug 3rd, 2009
Vieira didn't make the squad. Domenech said he needs games to get back into the team. Here's who did make it:
Goalkeepers
Hugo Lloris ...
Posted on: Russia World Cup Blog by Nick | Jul 31st, 2009
Hello to all Russia fans. Sorry about the lengthy absence. As all of you know Russia will be taking on Argentina at the Lokomitiv Stadium ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by jeff | Jul 10th, 2009
Big Benz has joined the revolution.
Big things happen in three, and Madrid have signed three expensive players this summer: Kaka, C. Ronaldo, and Karim Benzema.
Big ...
Posted on: Russia World Cup Blog by Nick | Jun 26th, 2009
Hello to all Russia fans. As the summer transfer window is rolling at full speed, I would like to share my some thoughts on the ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jun 14th, 2009
It's the moment every football fan has been waiting for - the start of the 2009 Confederations Cup. We kick things off today against ...
Posted on: Russia World Cup Blog by Nick | Jun 12th, 2009
Hello to all Russia fans. Sorry I'm a little late on getting my response out to you. The game on Wednesday was certainly beyond what ...
Posted on: France World Cup Blog by Laurie | Jun 5th, 2009
I'm having major computer problems this week, so I haven't been able to do much research into what will be going on today. (I ...
Posted on: Ukraine World Cup Team Blog by yevy | Jun 4th, 2009
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Saturday's World Cup qualifier between Croatia and Ukraine. The teams are in direct competition for ...
Posted on: Spain World Cup Blog by Anthony | Jun 3rd, 2009
All us Spanish fans were waiting eagerly in anticipation as to who Vicente del Bosque was going to name to the squad which would travel ...
