L'équipe has the probable first 11 for France's opening world cup qualifier on Saturday :

Mandanda
Sagna, Mexès, Gallas, Evra
Govou, L. Diarra, Toulalan, Nasri
Benzema, Henry

In North America, Setanta will be showing both of France's upcoming world cup qualifiers on same-day tape delay:

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Who is the top left-back in the Premier League? Here are statistics from the four standout left-backs of 2007/08. They should come as no surprise to our readers. Clichy, Cole and Evra have cemented themselves as among the best players in their position in the world, while Warnock has grown in his ability and is finally starting to become recognized as a competent player. Click to continue reading...

Check out this wild interview with Marcus Hahnemann by FourFourTwo.

Maybe one or two conventional questions throughout. Here's a sample.

Would you rather listen to non-stop hip-hop on unremovable headphones for six months, or have a limb broken with a mallet?

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*Sir Alex likes what he saw...

*Evra finds himself charged for Chelsea security brawl...

*Spurs angrily accuse Sir Alex of hypocrisy in their pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov...

*Meanwhile, Sir Alex scoffs at the notion.

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LONDON: Manchester United defender Patrice Evra was charged Friday with improper conduct by the English Football Association over a post-match brawl at Chelsea in April. The France international could be fined or banned, but no date has been set for the hearing. While United center back Rio Ferdinand was not charged, he has been "reminded of his [. Click to continue reading...

Yes, we are liveblogging this game. Since I am a hardcore France fan and my co-blogger Chris is a hardcore Italy fan, we decided to have this game liveblogged by a neutral -- Daryl, The Offside's editor. So be sure to stop by this site and leave Click to continue reading...

It's a question on the minds of many United supporters as they watch their favourite players perform at Euro 2008. Evra's club manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, rates him highly. "Patrice has been a key part of the club's success in the last two seasons," he said. "He has developed into one of the best full-backs in world football.

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You know when you were in junior high? And you were terrified to show your parents the D you got in Math? But when you got home, they'd just learned that your sister was pregnant?* This is kind of like that. OR: Thank GAWD for Italy. * Laurie Click to continue reading...

No word yet on the club's official website, but the Daily Mail is reporting that left back Patrice Evra has signed a four-year £55,000 per week contract renewal with Manchester United. Great news! Top wingbacks are difficult to find, and Patrice has been an instrumental part of our season this year.

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There's an article over on Foot Mercato that lists current form for the potential France players. Curious to see what you think about individual players. Agree? Disagree?

The Barometer

Rising: Franck Ribéry, Patrice Evra, Gaël Clichy, Grégory Coupet, Thierry Henry, Philippe Méxès, Rio Antonio Mavuba, Mathieu Flamini, Patrick Vieira, Sebastien Frey;

Stable: William Gallas, Eric Abidal, Bakary Sagna, Claude Makélélé, Alou Diarra, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Mathieu Bodmer, Mickaël Landreau, Nicolas Anelka, Willy Sagnol, Jimmy Briand, Samir Nasri, Anthony Réveillère, Lassana Diarra, Lilian Thuram, Steve Mandanda, Florent Malouda, Hatem Ben Arfa;

Falling: Djibril Cissé, Louis Saha, Jerome Rothen, Julien Escudé, François Clerc, David Trézéguet, Rowed Ulrich.

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With Wes Brown's Manchester United future still in severe jeopardy and club captain Gary Neville's seemingly endless struggle to regain match fitness, the Red Devils could well be in danger of starting next season without a right-back. So what options will Ferguson be looking to consider if worse comes to worse? Click to continue reading...

Manchester United routed their title rivals Arsenal at Old Trafford to knock the Gunners out of the FA Cup in the fifth round proper. The Luis Nani-inspired drubbing was only Arsenal's fourth defeat in all competitions this season, and manager Arsene Wenger will be hoping that his team can bounce back before an important midweek Champions League clash with AC Milan. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal came from behind twice to secure a vital point at home to Manchester United in one of the most dramatic finishes of this Premier League season.

A Wayne Rooney goal in first half added-time (deflected in by William Gallas) gave United the lead going into half time, but Cesc Fabregas equalized after only three minutes in the forty-eighth. Click to continue reading...

The Premier League's top two title challengers are set to battle it out at the Emirates this Saturday in what is sure to be one of the most exciting fixtures of the season. Arsene Wenger's first-placed Arsenal team is even on points and goal differential with Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, and both teams are in fine veins of form.

The winner of this game (if there is one) will go clear at the top of the Premier League, and this game could be one of the biggest factors in Arsenal's title aspirations. Click to continue reading...

The story so far: A Man Utd site,"Absolutely United" published its thoughts on which Arsenal players would make it in the current Man Utd team. Not surprisingly very few Arsenal players were selected. Not to be outdone "Arsenal Analysis" replied with its own combined 11. Not surprisingly very few Man Utd players made the list. Back came the two sites with even more Click to continue reading...

Thoughts about the uncanny events of last Sunday's match between Chelsea and Man United began to sprout in my head almost immediately as they occurred. The actions that affected the match the most were based upon officiating decisions, something in which should never occur. A referee should never play a role in the match and most of all his name should never be remembered. Click to continue reading...