These are some pictures of the training session that kicked off at around 19:00 on Friday at the Toulouse Stadium. It forms part of the preparation for Euro 2008, and comes before the Blues’ friendly match against Paraguay.

French midfielder Lassana Diarra, who is currently training with the national squad for the coming European Championships, has caught interest from several European clubs after his impressing displays for his club. In his career until now, Diarra played for Chelsea and Arsenal, and only joined Pompey last January.

He was one of the factors that helped [...]

The French squad will be training tonight at 19:00 at the Stadium de Toulouse, where they will be getting more familiar with the pitch ahead of their preparation match against another South-American side, Paraguay.
The last match of the French national team that was played in Toulouse was between France and Cyrpus (World Cup 2000 qualification) [...]

These are some pictures of the French squad leaving their Village Montana Hotel on Friday to go to Toulouse for their friendly against Paraguay, which will be played on Saturday at 21:00. The French players made the journey by bus and then by airplane. These are some photos of the journey:

12:05 Arrival:

The Hotel: Latitudes Toulouse [...]

After lunch, on Friday afternoon, the French squad gathered together in the video room of the Latitudes Hotel in Toulouse, where they are staying while preparing for Saturday’s friendly against Paraguay, for a presentation by Marc Batta. Batta is the National Director of Refereeing and gave them the same presentation that was given to referees [...]

Upon exiting the training session at Tignes last Wednesday, the French national players had some spare time to meet the fans and sign shirts and other sport equipment for the French followers. This was a great opportunity for the players to keep contact with the people that will be backing them in Austria/Switzerland. Below are [...]

These are some pictures of the French No1 traning ahead of the next two preparation matches and for the Group of Death in Euro 2008, consisting of Netherlands, Italy and Romania. Coupet will be the key to winning matches. It is useless scoring goals, but then having a below-average goalkeeper that can concede easily. Coupet [...]

After winning the first of the preparation matches by the score of 2-0 against Ecuador at Grenoble, the French squad is now actively preparing for Saturday’s friendly match against Paraguay. This match will be played in Toulouse at 21:00. It is crucial that the entire squad gives its best performance in this match, and carries [...]

 
Arsenal FC are insisting that no deal has yet been agreed with French wonderkid Samir Nasri, although reports coming out of the press are suggesting that a deal has already been struck for Samir to join the Gunners’ party next season. Just like in other instances, Arsenal will probably wait until all the documents for [...]

Goalkeepers
Gregory Coupet (Lyon)
Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina)
Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Defenders
Eric Abidal (Barcelona)
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon)
Francois Clerc (Lyon)
Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
William Gallas (Arsenal)
Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich)
Lilian Thuram (Barcelona)
Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon)
Midfielders
Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon)
Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan)
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)
Samir Nasri (Marseille)
Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
Strikers
Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
Karim Benzema (Lyon)
Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne)
Thierry Henry (Barcelona)
Sidney Govou (Lyon)