There is NOTHING going on in France NT land these days, aside from a few transfer rumors. (But not nearly as many as last year, probably because so many switched teams in summer.) I’ll catch up on those later. Oh, and it seems like everybody got injured (Henry, Benzema, Nasri) either before [...]

So who else besides me thought that rightback Willy Sagnol would die with “Bayern Munich 4 Life” tattooed across his body?
He’s played there forever, and he was scheduled to become captain once Captain For Life Ollie Kahn finally retired. (Think that will ever happen?) And when he convinced his buddy Franck [...]

Here’s the draw for World Cup 2010: Group 7 France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands
Anybody see any hidden landmines here?
Full list of all draws is here.

What can we say about this game? It was one half of very pretty football and one half of “please let us survive this with a draw.” Fortunately we got the draw.
After the first half, I was hopeful. We were up 2-1, Karim Benzema and Thierry Henry look promising together up [...]

I’ll be watching the game on the computer, so feel free to stop by and leave comments.
The game is, again, available on JumpTV. I’m sure it’s also available on various questionable sites, so feel free to leave links in the comments.
And in amazing news, L’Equipe is reporting that Sebastien Frey [...]

Raymond Domenech confirmed today that Mikael Landreau will almost certainly be in goal tomorrow. Because Raymond is not about trying new things, at least not where goalkeepers are concerned. Raymond is all about hierarchy.
“There are always options. But I remain very careful on the post of goalkeeper. For me, there is [...]

L’Equipe lists two possiblities for the start of the Ukraine-France game on Wednesday:
The first is:
4-2-1-2-1 with François Clerc, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas and Eric Abidal on defense, Lassana Diarra and Claude Makelele in front of them, Mathieu Flamini one of three midfielders, in the center supporting Sidney Govou (on the right) et Franck [...]

To cap off a great weekend, Willy Sagnol finished his first full ninety-minute game with the Bayern Munich reserves this weekend since his knee injury last season.
The 30-year-old, who has 51 caps for his country and played in last year’s World Cup final, injured his right knee in a Champions League match with [...]

I think France coach Raymond Domenech speaks for a lot of us in his thoughts on the Scotland-Italy game today:
“I am divided between satisfaction and disappointment to not have a match in Ukraine [that will have] intensity, pressure and true risk. To build a generation, it is necessary that we [experience] difficulty. “
That about sums [...]

Okay, so yes, the game was marred by lousy officiating. But that doesn’t change the result. Scotland 1-2 Italy, which means that France goes through regardless of how Wednesday’s games come out!!
Yes, I feel a little bad for the scrappy Scots, but…
Allez les Bleus!!!!