Via US Soccer:
Will it be Chandler's forehead vs. Ribery's....face?
France head coach Laurent Blanc has named a 22-man roster for the upcoming match against the
U.S. Men's National Team on Nov. 11. Blanc calls in a formidable squad for the countries' first
meeting since 1979, with Ballon d'Or nominees Eric Abidal and Karim Benzema among the
headliners.
I am far from the best person to write a scouting report on Olympique de Marseille, but no one
else is volunteering. (Add comments if you have any thoughts.)
Match: Champions League Group Phase Away to the Arsenal
Result: 0-0
Standings after this 4th match
1.
Take a look for yourselves, courtesy of the mugshots on FFF.fr. And that's without Gourcuff.
I'll update later, but here's the squad to face the USA and Belgium:
Goalkeepers
Cedric Carrasso (Girondins Bordeaux)
Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyon)
Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille)
Defenders
Eric Abidal (Barcelona)
Matthieu Debuchy (Lille)
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
Adil Rami (Valencia)
Anthony Reveillere (Lyon)
Jeremy Mathieu (Valencia)
Mamadou Sakho (Paris St Germain)
Midfielders
Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United)
Alou Diarra (Marseille)
Yann M'Vila (Stade Rennes)
Marvin Martin (Sochaux)
Attacking Midfielders
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
Jeremy Menez (PSG)
Samir Nasri (Manchester City)
Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
Forwards
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Kevin Gameiro (PSG)
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier)
Loic Remy (Marseille)
France national team head coach Laurent Blanc has released his roster for the upcoming friendly
against the U.S. men's national team, and as expected, the team is stacked.
Karim Benzema, Samir Nasri and Hugo Lloris headline a 22-man roster that will face the United
States and Belgium on November 11 and 15, respectively.
France head coach Laurent Blanc has named a 22-man roster for the upcoming match against the U.S.
Men's National Team on Nov. 11. Blanc calls in a formidable squad for the countries' first meeting
since 1979, with Ballon d'Or nominees Eric Abidal and Karim Benzema among the headliners. The U.S.
Men's National Team will release its roster on Thursday.
GK: Cédric Carrasso (Bordeaux), Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille) DEF: Eric Abidal
(Barcelona), Matthieu Debuchy (Lille), Jérémy Mathieu (Valencia), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal),
Adil Rami (Valencia), Anthony Réveillère (Lyon), Mamadou Sakho (PSG) MID: Yohan Cabaye
(Newcastle), Alou Diarra (Marseille), Florent Malouda (Chelsea) Yann M'Vila (Rennes), Marvin
Martin, (Sochaux), Samir Nasri (Manchester City) FOR: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kevin Gameiro
(PSG), Jérémy Ménez (PSG), Loïc Rémy (Marseille), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich), Olivier
Giroud (Montpellier)
France has shuffled its roster ahead of the game on Friday with the U.S. MNT. Samir Nasri will miss
the game due to a knee injury. Manager Laurent Blanc has not elected to call up a replacement but
there are a few other injury doubts for Les Bleus ahead of Friday's game. Both Yohan
Cabaye and Florent Malouda have fitness concerns.
The United States is set to face its biggest test of the Klinsmann era with a visit to France on
Friday in an international friendly. This is just the third meeting between the two teams with
France winning the previous two games 6-0 and 3-0 in 1979.
France
France has already qualified for Euro 2012 so expect France coach
Laurent Blanc to give some younger players much needed experience.
