First off, thanks so much for posting all of the links in the comments after the games. I’ve had African Cup of Nations going on at the World Cup Blog main page. (And I’ve also had my first experiences liveblogging. It was more fun than I expected. Now I’m probably going [...]

If anyone else, like me, can’t find a way to watch the game, here are a couple of liveblog sites:
http://live.football365.fr/?ma_2007-2008/matchamical_20072008/61360
http://www.sport24.com/var/storage/multiplex/football/equipe_de_france/match_amical/espagne-france-live-8121.html
HELP!!! I cannot get ANY streams to work. I’d even pay, but nobody’s offering it. (The pay site doesn’t list Spain-France.) I have it showing up on one of the media player sites, [...]

I’m not even finding this one on pirate sites, folks. Any help/links appreciated!!

News from the fff on who’s playing in which game:
Les A face à l’Espagne :
Coupet, Landreau -
Sagnol, Clerc, Thuram, Gallas, Escudé, Abidal, Evra -
Toulalan, Makelele, L. Diarra, Vieira (cap) -
Govou, Anelka, Henry, Benzema, Malouda, Ben Arfa.
Les A’ face à la RD Congo :
Lloris, Mandanda -
Sagna, Boumsong, Squillaci, Mexes, Givet, Clichy -
Flamini, A. [...]

David Trezeguet.
Aside from Zidane, I can’t think of anybody associated with the France National Team who inspires such intense emotion. I myself get ferocious pain in my maternal area whenever I think about him.
Years ago we had goals, goals, goals! Now we have the insubstantial World Cup minutes, and that excruciating [...]

I have to go do African Cup of Naitons stuff for the next few hours and don’t even have time to go add in spaces in the names, but wanted to get this posted.
The somewhat unexpected (but not unwelcome) ones for me: Jérémy Menez, Gaël Clichy, Steve Mandanda.
And Jean-Alain Boumsong’s [...]

To get ready for the Euros, les Bleus will now be playing three games in France in late May and early June against South American teams.
(Please, please, please do not let anybody get injured.)
Tuesday, May 27
Friendly
France-Ecuador at Grenoble, Stade des Alpes
Saturday, May 31
Friendly
France-Paraguay at Stadium de Toulouse
Tuesday, June 3
Friendly
France-Colombia at Stade de France

Djibril Cisse has scored five goals in two games, moving himself up to sixth among Ligue 1’s top scorers after a miserable start to the season.
Nicolas Anelka just switched teams, and notched his first goal for Chelsea today. (Here’s the goal. Watch quickly, becuase these things never stay up for much more [...]

Three thoughts after watching this video:
1) This really was a brilliant, high-energy game that would have been lovely to watch if I were a neutral. Too bad I’m not a neutral.
2) This defensive lineup might work with Coupet. It doesn’t work with Landreau. Where, oh where is Philippe [...]

Lord, what a frustrating game. Watching it was like driving a Porsche that’s in desperate need of a tuneup. You know what it CAN do, but making it do it is another story.
We should have expected this, though. Domenech fielded a relatively young and inexperienced team that hasn’t played much [...]