England 1-2 France, Wembley Stadium, 17/11/10
A sell-out Wembley crowd had eagerly forked out a fortune to witness a much anticipated duel between two of world football’s heavyweights last night, but rather like the WBA bout at the weekend, one left in shame while the other more than earned their result.
Under strength albeit, England were disgraced at the hands of a fully transformed France, well and truly on the road to renewal with the hosts travelling in the opposite direction. Goals from Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena eased off a poor England side …
France 2-0 Romania, 9/10/10
Forget the sympathy directed at Roy Hodgson. If you thought the ex-Fulham gaffer had it tough then spare a thought for Laurent Blanc, who walked into the France job without a hope it would seem. But now, if all goes well on Tuesday night against Luxembourg, you would not be able to wipe the smile off of Blanc’s face even with the most brutal machine after last nights 2-0 victory following the summers ludicrous showing. A catastrophic series of outrageous events lit up a drab World Cup in South Africa, particularly from …
European nation France have revealed their new official home shirt that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
France had a fairly disappointing qualifying campaign which saw them off the pace for the majority of time and have to settle for 2nd place behind Serbia. They were drawn against the Republic of Ireland in the two legged play off match which is by no means a certainty.
The new France 2010 World Cup shirt is predominately dark blue with numerous red and white diagonal stripes running centrally on either side …
European nation France has revealed their new away shirt that they will wear in the event of a color clash throughout the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The French national team have underperformed in recent times with manager Raymond Domenech coming in for much of the criticism after a poor qualification campaign. The French finished behind Serbia which saw them pitted against the Republic of Ireland in a play off. The tie went to extra time where Theirry Henry scored a massively controversial goal after using his hand to control the …
The final places at the 2010 world cup have been decided. 31 of the 32 teams present next summer can attend the tournament in the knowledge that they deserve to be there. One team does not have this luxury. France, or rather, Henry, stole a world cup place from the pocket of a battling Irish team on Wednesday night, who had arrived in Paris as underdogs and left as fallen heroes. The clamour for a replay is ludicrous, the calls for video technology less so.
Surely in such a modern game, …
The FIFA World Rankings have come in for some criticism over the years, and this game between the Faroe Islands annd France further demonstrated why some people feel the concept is flawed. The Faroe Islands currently lie in the 163rd position in the rankings, 154 places below France. Yet, from this performance, you would have thought the gap was a lot smaller. True the Faroese lost 1-0 and will therefore climb no way on the rankings ladder, but the small Scandanavian outfit battled imperiously for ninety minutes and deserve recognition …
Take the Faroe Islands lightly at your peril. Ever since Irish manager Brian Kerr was appointed head coach in April earlier this year, the Islanders have put embarrassing drubbings like their 8-1 defeat to Yugoslavia or their 7-0 loss to Norway behind them. Kerr has transformed the side into a tough unit, difficult to break down and battling for every ball. So far in this campaign they have amassed only one point from possible fifteen, but they have conceded just seven goals and nicked a point off Austria, demonstrating their …
An under strength Nigerian team pulled off a shock 1-0 win against a sloppy French side when the two sides met in this international friendly match.
Nigerian celebrations ensued as Les Blues fell to defeat
The French manager, Raymond Domenech, has never been the post popular man in France and this result will do nothing to improve his already tarnished reputation. The French team he fielded contained a number of first team players, but they looked lethargic and tired for long periods of the match and failed to pressurise the Nigerians who looked …
FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification doesn’t resume for France until mid-August, so as the more geographically able of you will have worked out from the title (hint: Nigeria isn’t in Europe), France take part in an exhibition match tonight.
Will the French team do their country proud tonight?
Under fire French manager Raymond Domenech is likely to be grateful for tonight’s friendly, even if the fatigued players are not. Domenech has come in for some criticism regarding his recent squad selection, and the game tonight will provide the perfect opportunity for him to maybe experiment with a …
I’m delighted to be returning to Lithuania and the Faroe Islands [who were also in France's UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying group]. We were very well received by the locals in both countries – and if their teams are able to offer us all six points again, I’ll not object (laughter)! Romania and Serbia would appear to be our toughest two opponents.”
Raymond Domenech on France’s qualification group.
The quote above is probably one of the only things to emerge from Raymond Domenech’s mouth that has been met with nods of agreement from …
