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Archive for May, 2009


Awards All Over the Place: Henry, Anelka, Gourcuff Take Home the Silverware

Our boys have been quite busy collecting trophies and awards in the past week or two. Let’s hope they can connect their talents next time France comes together to perform equally well for France.
First, Thierry Henry finally has a Champions League trophy! He managed to rehab his knee injury enough to play 70-ish [...]

La Liste for Nigeria and Turkey

Two friendlies coming up — Nigeria on June 2 and Turkey on June 5. Here’s the list of players. What do you think?
The big surprise is that Florent Malouda got the call, perhaps showing that Raymond Domenech can look past personal feuds to actual current form? Not a bad thing, [...]

Patrice Evra: It was 11 men against 11 children

“It was 11 men against 11 children.” That was Patrice Evra’s perspective after marking Theo Walcott in the UEFA Champions League 2nd leg as his Manchester United side visited and deposed Arsenal.
It’s not a charitable assessment, but Evra’s flirtation with egomania is grounded in a really excellent performance. Theo Walcott was Arsenal’s best hope [...]


 
 
 
 
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