Articles tagged with "lilian-thuram"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Oct 2nd, 2008
In June, France exited Euro 2008 in the group stages with two losses and one draw. The scoreline totals? A disastrous one goal ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jul 19th, 2008
First thing. If you haven't seen the get-together of the France 1998 team in the charity match from last weekend, you need to download ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Mario Gómez
The Stuttgart striker's 2007/8 season looked like this: played 32, scored 28. That's what they call form. And since his February 2007 debut, Gomez ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 18th, 2008
We haven't done as many Euro 2008 podcasts as intended, but finally have one for you today as Ian and myself mull over the most ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 17th, 2008
1. It just wasn't in the stars for France.
When your best player is stretchered off the field in the ninth minute, and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | May 31st, 2008
As Euro 2008 approaches, we of course will be joining the long and storied tradition of making up somewhat silly hypothetical starting elevens. After ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 26th, 2008
I think it's safe to say that most of us get a little frisson of concern when we think of Raymond relying on the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 9th, 2008
It is now a part of French football lore.
In summer of 2005, the France team was sitting in fourth place in their World Cup qualifying ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 5th, 2008
Just as we (or...well...I) start to get discouraged about club form, our boys in Barcelona not only start, they dominate in a 6-0 win over ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 4th, 2008
I was thinking about club form today, and I have to say I'm a little concerned. Let's take a look:
Thierry Henry at Barcelona: ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 18th, 2008
Euro 2008 will likely be the end of the international road for several players on the wrong side of 30. And Castrol have come up ...
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 | Mar 8th, 2007
I'd been planning to write up something on France's most-capped player Lilian Thuram and his interesting involvement in French politics, but I hadn't had the ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Jan 1st, 2007
Trivia question: What career did Barcelona player and longtime veteran Bleus defender Lilian Thuram consider pursuing before football called his name?
If you guessed Roman ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 21st, 2006
Real Madrid and Barcelona are always competing, especially when it comes to shopping. So far, they've signed two players each in the Juventus fire-sale.
Madrid plucked ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | Jul 4th, 2006
The French players got a Hollywood welcome in Munich when Thierry Henry and Lilian Thuram met up with director Spike Lee who's a friend of ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | May 9th, 2006
I read a report today saying Arsene Wenger will try to bring Lilian Thuram to Arsenal to provide some experience for his young defence.
I know ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | May 3rd, 2006
France reached the final of their home competition after a scary ride through the qualifying rounds that ended with a tight 2-1 victory over ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | Apr 16th, 2006
As most of the leagues in Europe draw to a close, players will thinking about not picking up injuries that could rule them out of ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | Mar 27th, 2006
Makelele is the type of player probably every manager wants in his team. Someone who'll come and do a job well game in, game out, ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Chriso | Mar 12th, 2006
