Capello and his team earned a victory to start off their journey to Brazil. Russia were the
clear favorites to walk away with all three points and they did so to get the job done. Northern
Ireland never really looked like they were in the match or finding [read more]
Nikos Spyropoulos found himself opening the scoring account for Greece as his neatly placed
volley curled inside of the post. Two years ago he scored a similar goal to level against Georgia
in the opening qualifier heading to Euro 2012. Most Greek fans are probably wondering why
Spyropoulos was not [read more]
There have been some serious late transfer news involving both the Portugal national team and of
course the Liga ZON Sagres. I'm sure you all know by now that FC Porto sold Hulk to Zenit for
something like $50 million, and the St. Petersburg club also cashed in on [read more]
Hello to all Greece fans. It's been a while since my last post covering Greece's incredible
journey at Euro 2012. After a full two month summer break the Greek national team begins it's
journey to Brazil. Fernando Santos has moved the team in a new direction with the introduction of
[read more]
Fabio Capello will receive his first competitive test tomorrow as Russia take on Northern
Ireland in Moscow to start their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign. Since taking charge, Fabio
Capello has worked to patch the gaps that resulted in the Euro 2012 campaign. Criticism has been
wide spread and intense, [read more]
Here's a preview of the first World Cup Qualifier with Deschamps in charge.
Based on Deschamps' first match, I was surprised by 4 of the projected first 11 posted by
L'Equipe today. [read more]
Portugal kept their stride well after the European championships with a strong performance in a
2-0 win over Panama. It certainly wasn't the strongest competitor, but Portugal were by far the
better team and completely man handled the concacaf team. We did struggle early on to find our
[read more]
Since Euro 2012 ended, the blogosphere and sports journalism world have been rife with
speculation about Dick Adovcaat's successor to lead the Russian national side. Candidates have been
rumored, touted, and played down, but three days ago the Russian Football Union released a list of
thirteen candidates that are under [read more]
Deschamps takes over the France job.
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We lost to the Champions again and its safe to say we gave them their biggest fight they've had
in a while in a major tournament. Sure we couldn't muster much going forward, but we didn't park
the bus either and kept Spain from dominating the match. And [read more]
Greece can leave Euro 2012 with their heads held high. They came into the tournament with many
expecting them to be eliminated in the group stage. But with shear determination they were able to
bounce back from a disappointing start to progress to the quarterfinals. With Germany being the
heavy [read more]
The thesis of the new post is basically that the players wouldn't be unraveling if it weren't
for their lofty aspirations of doing well for France. [read more]
With all the poor play on the pitch, there should be plenty to discuss, but coverage of Nasri's
confrontation with a journalist after the Spain loss is making a decent claim for attention:
Link: Nasri saga - A storm in a tea cup, but interesting reading [read more]
I've put together a Survey to follow-up on Euro 2012, and to get some ideas for France blogging
going forward. Thank you so much to everyone following the site. Feel free to share your thoughts
anonymously in the survey by clicking the link below:
France Supporters Survey [read more]
A tough and gritty performance all around has granted Portugal a semi final berth. Nothing came
easy against the Czech Republic as they were happy to sit back and counter when they could. They
were very organized at the back always seemingly in the right position to clear [read more]
