Sevilla vs Stuttgart
Group G leaders Sevilla can book their place in the knock out stages with a win over struggling
Stuttgart as the Group's prize positions begin to take shape.
Sevilla's rampant form has seen them blitz their way to the top, with 9 points from a possible
9.
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Rangers vs Unirea Urziceni
The two bottom feeders of group G are set to face off on Tuesday although I think it is unlikely
either of them will go through to the next round. So, in essence, it is a fight for the Europa Cup
spot.
Rangers have been in absolutely horrendous form of late and need a win to boost their
confidence.
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Fabiano has already opened his European account.
Rangers vs Sevilla FC
If Rangers want to make a run in this years Champions League they have to find a way to win at
the Ibrox. They are going to be hard pressed though when Sevilla visit tomorrow. Sevilla have been
on form and are third in La Liga.
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If Franck Ribery can reproduce a bit of this Bayern Munich form for France this summer, the
Champagne will be flowing. The Spanish commentary to the first Ribery goal: "Por favor."
Please. Here's a link that might work better (that Daily Motion link kept freezing on me) with all
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People following football blogs aren't the sort to let the questionable naming of major
competitions be an obstacle to their enjoyment, but it just might help increase interest among
Americans if the European Club Cub wasn't oddly named the Champions League, and if the Euros had a
name a bit
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Julien Pretot wrote a piece yesterday for Reuters about the game. Trezeguet appreciated the
applause from the crowd, but Domenech doesn't pay attention to the crowd.
Gabriele Marcotti has piece on Domenech on SI.com. Journalists sympathetic to Italy, and
Gabriele is Italian, tend to strongly dislike Domenech; which is one of the things I like about
Domenech.
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The goal came from a penalty earned by Anelka and converted by Ribery.
The Guardian's Paul Doyle summarized the game, "A comfortable win for an under-strength France
team that was nonetheless a class above England. Anyone thinking Fabio Capello would bring a quick
fix to England's deep ill has tonight been outed as deluded.
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France's second-string side went up 3-0 against Mali today in Paris, and held on to win the
friendly 3-2.
Highlights provided by Iker 91:
Nasri 1-0 (2)
Rothen 2-0 (32)
Sinam Pongelle 3-0 (45+2)
M. Diarra 3-1 (62)
Maïga 3-2 (74)
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Clairfontaine must look like a M*A*S*H unit with all the injuries:
1. France's great hope, Karim Benzema, has an injured left ankle - Replaced by Trezeguet
(Trezegol?)
2. Arsenal's impeccable right back Bacary Sagna - Replaced by Reveillère
3. The World's best player as recently as 2003, Thierry Henry - Replaced by Loic Remy
4.
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The name I see more than any other when I'm searching out stories about L'Equipe de France is
Patrick Vignal of Reuters. He has the beat covered, and I thought it would be
interesting to see if he would tell us about his work and his thoughts about Les Bleus going into
Euro 2008.
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France winger Franck Ribery wants to play like Zidane and win the Ballon D'or. Leading France to
victory this summer would go some way to helping him toward those goals. I, for one, am a big, big
fan of the player. In the post-Zidane era, he has just about looked like France's best player.
Reports coming out of Germany have it that he's just about the best player in the Budesliga.
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Hello Swoosh!
Hold onto your old Adidas France jersey. It's a collector's item now that France has signed with
Nike.
Or...well, maybe not yet. But in 2011, for sure. That's when the contract starts, and it runs
through 2018. In other words, for most of the Karim Benzema/Samir Nasri/Hatem Ben Arfa years.
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If you're looking for a way to watch the France-Congo game, try this Eurosport site. (Thanks,
Inara!) Right now I'm getting a black screen, but with luck that will change as the game time comes
along. One source says 17h00, the other says 18h00, so your guess is as good as mine. Check the
site at both times.
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I was looking for something else and stumbled across this photo.
This was another one of those relationships that kind of boggles the mind, a la Raymond and
Estelle.
Fabien Barthez and supermodel Linda Evangelista were together for several
years, starting, if I'm not mistaken, shortly after WC 1998.
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Djibril Cisse has scored five goals in two games, moving himself up to sixth
among Ligue 1's top scorers after a miserable start to the season.
Nicolas Anelka just switched teams, and notched his first goal for Chelsea
today. (Here's the goal. Watch quickly, becuase these things never stay up for much more than a
day.
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I've been busy helping out with the African Cup of Nations coverage on the World Cup Blog main
page, so it somehow slipped my attention that there is an A' game with Congo on Feb. 5. Is this a
surprise to anybody else?
The lists for both the Feb. 6 Spain A game and the Feb. 5 Congo A' game are coming out next
Thursday, Jan.
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Stumbled on this video last night.
Oh. My. Gosh. Look at the hair! And so young!
Damn, he was adorable. Talented, too.
Fabien Barthez still breaks my heart.
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I'll be watching the game on the computer, so feel free to stop by and leave comments.
The game is, again, available on JumpTV. I'm sure it's also available on various questionable
sites, so feel free to leave links in the comments.
And in amazing news, L'Equipe is reporting that Sebastien Frey is starting against Ukraine.
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Tomorrow's France-Morocco game will be shown on Setanta Broadband. Probably
Setanta TV as well if you get it or can go to a pub that's willing to show the game. It doesn't
look like it's live, but at least they're showing it. From what I can tell it will be on at 2:30
p.m. Pacific time. Then they're rebroadcasting at 3:15 a.m.
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