Articles tagged with "euro-2008"
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 30th, 2007
My guess for the lineup. (And yes, I'm mentally stuck in 4-4-2.)
———————————-Nicolas Anelka — Djibril Cisse———————————-
———Florent Malouda —- Claude Makelele —- Lassana ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 30th, 2007
Looks like Les Bleus will reunite with an old friend for Saturday's game with Ukraine.
Spain's Luis Medina Cantalejo, the official who spotted Zinedine ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 29th, 2007
I'll admit to not being as familiar as I should have been with Stade Rennais striker Jimmy Briand. As penance I'm reading lots of ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 28th, 2007
I stumbled on an interesting Senegalese article this weekend about upcapped call-up Bakary Sagna. (Original article in French is here. Amazingly comprehensible Google-translated ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 24th, 2007
I've been put off writing this because... Well, honestly, it's because my heart is completely shattered. No Patrice Evra on the list. ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | May 23rd, 2007
After World Cup 2006 we were promised closer coordination between the senior squad and the under-21 team. This round, Scolari and Couceiro plan to ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 22nd, 2007
The List will be revealed on Thursday. Who do you think will be on it? And what formation do you think they'll play ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | May 22nd, 2007
Are you ready to rumble? It's been a long wait but international football is just around the corner. In addition to the usual ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 18th, 2007
Ukraine on June 2, Georgia on June 6. These games are important. They count. It would be extremely nice if we ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 13th, 2007
I doubt that this has even the slightest possibility of being true, but The Mirror reports that Red Bulls New York has expressed an interest ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 6th, 2007
Yes, I did do a post on this same topic not too long ago, but Trezeguet continues to break my maternal heart on an almost ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 5th, 2007
The French article's title is, "The Pilgrim Domenech." Which is kind of humorous when you think of all the criticism France coach Raymond Domenech's ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 30th, 2007
Here we have a banner with a picture of Africa, painted with the French flag, reading, "Welcome to Europe." This was some ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 29th, 2007
Yes, I did sit down and watch the game a second time last night. It was worth it. Really beautiful, dominant play. ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Mar 29th, 2007
We knew this match would be a very different challenge. Serbia, we expected, would fight to the end after their humiliating defeat to Kazakhstan. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 28th, 2007
I've been absolutely desperate to see Karim Benzema in Bleu ever since I saw him in a Champions League game last fall. (I can't ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 28th, 2007
Those crazy kids in Europe were back at it again today, dreaming of a day when they will play in Austria/Switzerland in the Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Mar 28th, 2007
We're deep into qualification matches and at this moment nothing matters more then results. But regardless of the final score against Serbia, lets stop ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 26th, 2007
I've read several game reviews telling me how dominant France was in Saturday's game, and I'm wondering if there were two different games going on. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 26th, 2007
There are few things in life that should put a damper on a birthday celebration. Losing an international football match should not be one ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Mar 26th, 2007
Portugal handed Belgium a 4 goals to nil defeat at Lisbon's José Alvalade stadium, this Saturday. It was a match that started cautiously and ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 24th, 2007
Oh my Lord! Is my heart still beating? What a stressful game!
Seriously, after Anelka finally put one in in (about) the 75th, I ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 24th, 2007
Who are these guys and what have they done with my team?!?!
This isn't the game I'd envisioned. Only luck has prevented France from going ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 23rd, 2007
Whoa!!! I'm kind of shocked by this. Domenech's going with 4-3-3 and starting Lassana Diarra. (It's funny, I was just writing on ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 23rd, 2007
I'm still striking out for next week's France-Austria, but I have multiple options for those of you wanting to watch Saturday's Lithuania-France game. (And ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 22nd, 2007
Coach Raymond Domenech apparently has his list of starters "in his head." But he's not willing to share. So we get to speculate ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 22nd, 2007
Remember after the Lyon game, when I was lamenting the "French style" of football?
"Complete domination of possession, beautiful control of the ball, occasional ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Luis | Mar 21st, 2007
It looks like Ronaldo will have to increase his accidental injury insurance soon. It seems a few of his opponents aren't too keen on ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 21st, 2007
I don't know why I find this France Team wallpaper so entertaining. But I do. The French Football Federation website offers us four ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Mar 21st, 2007
I wasn't all that surprised to see that coach Raymond Domenech has pissed off a manager of a club in yet another country. (After ...
