Great clips from the France-Greece game, including the Henry goal and some shots of the tribute to the 1998 and 2000 teams. All in German. (Anyone who posts a similar clip on YouTube in French will be my hero. I’m guessing there isn’t one in English?)
What can I say but:
In general, the [...]

Well, I tried to post three photos together last night and the page totally did not do what I expected. Someday I will be fluent in HTML, but that day is not yet. (Particularly on evenings when I’ve had a glass or two of My-Team-Won celebratory chardonnay.)
So I’m reposting the page [...]

Well, that was a fun way to spend an afternoon. Henry put it away with a gorgeous diving header in the 26th, and after that it was all fun and games. Les Bleus dominated far more than the score would indicate — beautiful tackles, great control, perfect passes. Only a few little [...]

Teen girls and gay men everywhere will be heartbroken to hear that A.S. Roma’s Philippe Mexès is out with an injury for today’s game.
Sorry, folks. You’ll have to wait till at least February to see this pretty face in Bleu.

Nick at Manchester United Offside has become my new best friend by giving me a post and an (English-language!) article on the return to Les Bleus of Patrice Evra. (Truly, folks, if you want to get serious gold stars from me, give me article links.) There’s also a good article in French at [...]

So what was it that took Franck Ribéry out for the next month? We’ll call it a “groin injury” and leave it at that. If you want the gory details, check out Sam’s Ligue 1 site.
For the record, guys, memorize those two words. They will get you out of [...]

Today is the day when I will be bowing down in front of the Footy Pirate altar, getting ready to ritually sacrifice a soccer ball and a pair of shinguards in hopes that the Footy Pirate gods will smile on me tomorrow and allow me to watch the France-Greece game. (Okay, so technically the [...]

Seriously bad news: France may be a hurtin’ team tomorrow. I just read in Sports.fr that Franck Ribéry is also out for tomorrow’s game with a groin strain. I’ll give you an update when I find it.
Govou will be out for 2-3 weeks, Benzema for 6-8. Neither is being replaced [...]

I am quite hopeful. Reader Thierry brought it to my attention that David Trezeguet has been out recently with an injury. (The only thing I can find talks about an undefined “muscular problem.” This was dated last week. So who knows?) But I guess if there’s a physical reason, he may still [...]

Okay, so here’s the post where I’m supposed to introduce all the Greek players, and, like, analyze them vs. our guys and stuff.
Except they’re not French. So I don’t care.
If you do care, I’ll list the Greek players the end of this post. But first some quick team updates [...]