I’m still striking out for next week’s France-Austria, but I have multiple options for those of you wanting to watch Saturday’s Lithuania-France game. (And yes, much but not all of this post is pulled from what I wrote last month before France-Argentina. I’ll put the newer stuff in BOLD.)
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First, and cheapest, [...]

Coach Raymond Domenech apparently has his list of starters “in his head.” But he’s not willing to share. So we get to speculate on our own for the moment.
If anyone else finds entertainment in trying to determine who our starters will be, I have a fun l’Equipe.fr article filled with just this type [...]

Remember after the Lyon game, when I was lamenting the “French style” of football?
“Complete domination of possession, beautiful control of the ball, occasional major and huge lapses and a complete inability to put it in the net. “
Well, it seems William Gallas agrees with me and sees the same problem afflicting Arsenal. [...]

I don’t know why I find this France Team wallpaper so entertaining. But I do. The French Football Federation website offers us four options. I’ve already used two. I am so juvenile. (The page is in French, but scroll down till you see names and it’s pretty self-explanatory from [...]

I wasn’t all that surprised to see that coach Raymond Domenech has pissed off a manager of a club in yet another country. (After already infuriating managers Gerard Houllier in France and Arsene Wenger in England.) And I wasn’t surprised to see that this manager was in Italy. But I expected it [...]

First, the easy part. The Lithuania-France Euro ‘08 qualifier will be on Setanta and Setanta Broadband on Saturday. And here’s a list of soccer pubs around the US, some of which have Setanta. And of the two games Les Bleus are playing this time around, this is the must-win one because [...]

I was out of town this week and somehow missed the birthday of my favorite bad boy, Nicolas Anelka. Our Nico turned 28 on Wednesday the 14th.
I’m hoping that Domenech will give him the birthday present of starting both upcoming games. (Honestly, I don’t see how he couldn’t. Anelka [...]

France has four new players called up for the two upcoming games. I thought I’d take a post for each to introduce them to you.
First we have just-turned-twenty-two-year-old Chelsea defensive midfielder Lassana Diarra. Lassana really impressed me in whatever game it was I saw him in recently. (I think it was the [...]

The list is out, and Whoa! Some shockers here, folks. Coach Raymond Domenech seems to have decided that what he’s been doing isn’t working and is shaking things up a bit.
Four brand new players plus my favorite uncapped player, Karim Benzema. No David Trezeguet, no Alou Diarra. And less [...]

Poor David Trézéguet. It’s not enough that he barely plays in World Cup. Or that he misses THE penalty shot. Or that his club gets demoted. Or that he’s not playing that great this year. Or that he can no longer count on a spot on the National Team. [...]