Here's how France lined up against Spain in their friendly at the Stade de France in Paris on
Wednesday night:
Anelka
Henry Gourcuff Ribery
Toulalan L. Diarra
Evra Escude Ciani Sagna
Lloris
Spain won 2-0, scoring both goals in the first half while Xavi and Torres rested.
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Quarter-final Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Stade du Moustoir, Lorient
11:00 EST(17:00CET, 16:00GMT)
Well, Sunday saw OL stumble out of the CdF. While I'm not really upset- the referee did gift
Monaco's Nene that intial penalty that led to the first goal- I am a bit
disillusioned for other reasons.
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Hope everyone who celebrated had a nice holiday and a happy New Year!
While commuting to work today (which by NYC public transportation is bad enough as it is) I
stumbled upon two stories which really just made my Monday even worse.
Ribery: Simply not his year (understatement)
First, Ribery injured his toe while training in Dubai with Bayern.
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Week 16, Sunday, December 06, 2009
3:00 EST (21:00CET, 20:00GMT)
Stade Lille-Metropole
Well, I'm back from my trip to Lyon- I'll try to have a post up with pictures later in the week
after I'm over my jetlag- and after seeing the boys barely come out of alive- were it not for a
fabulous Lilo free kick- against one of our thorn-in-the-side, bête noire clubs, I would
normally be feeling ok.
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Week 16, Sunday, December 06, 2009
3:00 EST (21:00CET, 20:00GMT)
Stade Lille-Metropole
Well, I'm back from my trip to Lyon- I'll try to have a post up with pictures later in the week
after I'm over my jetlag- and after seeing the boys barely come out of alive- were it not for a
fabulous Lilo free kick- against one of our thorn-in-the-side, bête noire clubs, I would
normally be feeling ok.
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Not to dwell on the play-off saga any longer, but I missed this story about
Domenech fighting with Bixente Lizarazu(former Bordeaux, Bayern,
Marseille and France defender) on the French National Radio minutes after beating Ireland. If you
can't understand the video, this article should help you understand what is going on.
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So President Nicolas Sarkozy went on Facebook to wish les Bleus good luck.
Pretty sure that will be all it takes to push them over the top.
GFC over at The Beantown Frog is cautiously optimistic about this leg of the match, predicting a
1-0 win.
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Let battle commence.
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Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has delayed finalising his team for
Saturday's World Cup play-off first leg against France at Croke Park.
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November 8, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
3:00 EST (21:00CET, 20:00GMT)
Sunday evening it's back to work. But hopefully, it's not one of those usual Monday morning,
sloping, sluggish, I need a liter of coffee to get through the day, back to works, because aside
from the heart wrenching matches against Cesspool in the CL, Lyon have been afflicted with a
general malaise probably since week eight in the PSG match, and need this victory to put some pep
back in their step.
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Reina
Kelly Carragher Agger Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Gerrard Benayoun
Ngog
Goals:Benayoun 41'
Gonalons 72'
Delgado 90+1'
And you thought Saturday was a low. Ha. It got worse. It can always get worse.
In addition to Torres, Johnson, and Riera, it seems Gerrard should have been ruled out as well.
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France are finding a bit of form.
And none too soon.
Domenech has pulled a rabbit out of the hat in Gignac.
Gignac put the match to rest with a sumptuous third.
Benzema got the start up front along with ever-presents Thierry Henry and Sidney Govou.
Stalwarts like Toulalan and L.
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ATLETICO DE MADRID is busy working to rectify the team weakness,something that should have been
done pre-season. According toSpanish sports daily "AS", the Spanish team is looking for a
creativemidfielder & defender with two names being passed around aspossibilities.The creative
midfielder is French International & Olympique de Lyonplayer TOULALAN & the defender in mind is
Arsenal player
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LES ÉQUIPES PROBABLES
FRANCE: Mandanda - Sagna, Gallas, Abidal, Evra - Govou, L. Diarra, Toulalan, Henry
(cap.) - Anelka, Gignac
ILES FÉROÉ: Mikkelsen - Danielsen, Gregersen, Eliasen, Davidsen - A. Olsen, S. Olsen,
Benjaminsen, Loekin - Jakobsen - Hansen
I was willing to bet my house yesterday that we'd be playing two DMs, and guess what?
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C'mon, Romania!!! Oh, and France, too.
If we can get a win today at Serbia, our fate is still in our own hands. Our guys can do that.
Right?
According to Raymond when asked about the starting XI, « Tout est possible », but l'Equipe is
expecting Domenech to go for continuity.
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France's lineup was something like this:
Gignac
Henry Gourcuff Anelka
Toulalan Diarra
Evra Escude Gallas Sagna
Lloris
With Henry and Anelka, it was a bit like a 4-2-1-3, but it was essentially the France formation
(4-2-3-1).
And although it looks to me like Domenech is picking just about the right players, the team play
is lacking fluidity.
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I didn't have the energy to do an actual preview for this game, so I figured I should at least
put up a game day thread.
August 29, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
3 PM ET (21:00 CET)
Nothing to report except that Nancy have bigger injury concerns than we do.
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Just when you thought the door of the Lyon's transfer season had been locked until December- at
least if you believe Puel- with the arrival Bafetimbi Gomis, OL still have some
unfinished business to attend to, though it's all "out-bound" traffic, in their minds that is.
Really, Puel needs to have his head examined: his minimalist approach to recruiting is really
irking the crap-out-of-me.
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What can you say about a match like that?
France kept a clean sheet.
Gignac scored a nice goal.
France controlled the match and created a lot of chances, but by conceding free kicks, they also
gave Faroe Islands chances to score, and it could have been a disaster.
But it wasn't.
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Thierry Henry won't play when France meet the Faroe Islands in a couple days, because, according
to Barcelona, he has pain in both Achilles tendons.
Henry is still one of France's best players, but given that he's likely to be missing more games
in the future due to injury at this stage in his career, it would be timely for another attacking
player to step forward.
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July 18, 2009
Stade De L'Escale d'Arnas, Arnas
1:00 PM EST(19:00CET, 18:00GMT)
Today, OL are in Rhône-Alpes to take on RC Lens. Lens is gearing-up for a return to
first division football after last year's soujourn in L2 purgatory. It will be the first meeting
between the two teams since .
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Build your own team for next season.
I thought we should do our version of goal.com's article- which I can't seem to find, maybe they've
pulled-it. Anyway, although I thought that the author got a couple of things right in his article,
he was, IMO, shooting too low.
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I'm having major computer problems this week, so I haven't been able to do much research into
what will be going on today. (I will be here for the game, though, so please stop by and keep me
company.)
What I've read is that pretty much the entire starting lineup has changed, with the exception of
Benzema and Anelka.
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Gooner Talk 04 June @ 03:51 PM EDT
France defender Bacary Sagna will start for Les Bleus' tomorrow evening when they take on Turkey in
an international friendly at Lyon's Stade de Gerland. The 25-year-old Arsenal star has been picked
in an experienced defence along with former Newcastle reject Jean-Alain Boumsong. Lloris Sagna -
Boumsong - Mexes - Abidal Diarra - Toulalan Anelka - Gourcuff - [.
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This may be "Kongo Kim's" last match for OL and Sidney's too; wink.
Week 35
Sat May 30, 2009
Stade Alle Gabriel Benes
3:00 PM(21:00CET, 20:00GMT)
Well, we've taken care of business and OL are now back in the CL,albiet in qualifying rounds,
but hey, it's better than the alternatives.
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Week 35
Tuesday May 12, 2009
Stade Municipal de Gerland
3 P.M. (21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT)
The images of OL's disgraceful 2-1 defeat to Nantes in their last meeting- back in week
seventeen, right before the winter break- just popped-into my head and my stomach is getting
queezy.
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Stade Camille Fournier d'Evian, Grenoble
Friday 8, May 2009
(17:00CET, 16:00GMT)
Today, Lyon are up in Evian to play an amicable match against one of our cross-town rivals,
Grenoble. Judging by the group list and current state of crisis at OL, Puel is taking nothing
lightly: not a single CFA player was called-up, and every first-team player except Santos-
suspended for ten days, and probably never to set foot on OL premeses again- has made the trip.
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