How’s your ego feeling now Jean Pierre?
After years of mistakes, coverups and refusing to change a broken system Jean Pierre Escalettes has finally resigned as President of the French Football Federation.  Needless to say- I think this has been a long-time coming – the problems France had at the World Cup were neither sudden [...]

Nasri:  I’ll hug you, but don’t expect me to waste my breath talking to you…
PLEASE NOTE:  JEAN-FRANCOIS WROTE A GREAT POST ON THE 7 PLAYERS WHO SHOULD BE CUT RIGHT BEFORE ME – SO BE SURE TO CHECK THAT OUT AS WELL…(SORRY JF, I THINK WE PUBLISHED OUR ARTICLES MINUTES APART..)
Well, I know most of [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed, the World Cup blog has evolved into something bigger than just a way for football fans to meet, debate and occasionally berate each other.  For this World Cup- the site is here to help you get the ultimate World Cup South Africa experience- for those making the trek and not!

First – check [...]

First of all I would like to officially introduce myself as the newest member of the France World Cup Blog crew. My name is Jean-François and I have been a fan of Les Bleus for a very long time. I hope you guys appreciate my content and I am looking forward to discussing the team [...]

Of all the positions where we don’t have enough depth to lose a guaranteed starter, I’d probably put centerback right at the top.
And yes, that’s William Gallas, being carried off the field in today’s Champions League match against Barcelona with what’s being described as a serious reinjury to his calf muscle.
Arsene [...]

France was booed in Paris in the last match, a loss to Spain that France midfielder Jeremy Toulalan described as humiliating.
Domenech has described the performance by saying, “There were some less good moments.”
“On our side, there were some good sequences in what we wanted to do, but there were some less good moments, and some [...]

A quick reminder of France’s scheduled matches for this summer’s World Cup:
June 11th – Uruguay
June 17th (my birthday) – Mexico
June 22nd – The hosts, South Africa
Miguel from Mexico poses the following question: “Hello my dear French friends. I’m from Mexico your rival in next WC. I was wondering what do you think about Mexico? do [...]

Here’s how France lined up against Spain in their friendly at the Stade de France in Paris on Wednesday night:
Anelka
Henry Gourcuff Ribery
Toulalan L. Diarra
Evra Escude Ciani Sagna
Lloris
Spain won 2-0, scoring both goals in the first half while Xavi and Torres rested. Iniesta, Fabregas, Villa, and Ramos were more than enough for France [...]

So our pre-World Cup friendlies were just annnounced.
China (93rd in FIFA rankings, in Reunion, date tba)
Costa Rica (44th in FIFA rankings, May 25, venue tba)
Tunisia (53rd in FIFA rankings, May 30 in Tunisia)
Um…yeah. Exactly who I would have picked.

The voice of the French public was a lone voice on the FFF council this morning, as Guy Chambily couldn’t even get a vote on whether to remove Domenech. According to FFF president Jean-Pierre Escalettes, Guy Chambily received no support from other council members when he requested a vote in this morning’s meeting.
A stark [...]