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Alou Diarra – the only change – game on now

   

It’s Luyindula again, wide right.

Alou Diarra is in for the suspended Toulalan. That’s the only change for France from Saturday’s match against this same team, Lithuania.

Try Europe1.fr for match audio in French.

Gourcuff is “very present” early in the match.

Henry, alone up front and captain again.

Sagna centers for Henry, corner.

Ribery…no.

Updates in the comments.


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  • jeff

    Gallas makes a stop.

  • jeff

    0-0 in the 9th minute

  • jeff

    Gourcuff, center…no

  • jeff

    Good crowd noise.

  • jeff

    Anybody else have Europe1.fr audio?

  • jeff

    Ribery missed an attempted volley from the Gourcuff center (L’Equipe.fr).

  • jeanpierre

    boo domenech

  • jeanpierre
  • jeff

    Yellow card for diving…

  • jeanpierre

    if i was domenech
    i replace lyindula by benzema
    and a diarra by nasri

  • jeff

    Gourcuff just lost it – 19′

  • jeff

    Sagna..chance..no

  • jeanpierre

    titis head should be bigger

  • jeff

    Sagna has had a couple crosses to Henry that looked dangerous.

  • jeff

    Ribey shoots from distance – wide (20′).

  • Benjamin

    They are playing ok.
    now convert the chances

    this stream is PERFECT http://adotri.com/Sports.htm

  • jeff

    0-0

  • jeff

    Ribery strike – right at keeper.

  • jeanpierre

    lyindula must be the brother of gomis

  • jeff

    25′ – the referee is beating on Gourcuff

  • jeff

    26′ – and again – this time GOurcuff gets a yellow – high boot

  • jeanpierre

    OMg that referee hates gourcuffffffffff

  • jeff

    29′ 0-0. It’s being played with France in possession. Some set piece opportunities.

  • ahmad

    they really need to work on their set pieces

  • jeff

    Ribery is everywhere.

  • jeanpierre

    That ref sucks

  • jeff

    The referee is central again (32′)

  • jeanpierre

    oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomg
    that ref is everywhere

  • Benjamin

    the ref is gay

  • jeff

    35′ Dangerous run and cross from Gourcuff

  • ahmad

    howard webb usually is a cunt

  • Benjamin

    alou diarra looks like an nba player haha.
    he aint doing to bad tho

  • jeff

    Luyindula chance?

  • jeff

    France is wasting possession.

  • Benjamin

    l. diarra could be a winger
    he runs up the pitch so fast and has some serious moves

  • jeff

    40′ – France throw – Sagna…goal kick.

  • sandrahn

    OMG, is that Howard Webb refereeing?? FFS!!!

  • jeanpierre

    that yellow noobs are freaking diving like dolphins ronaldos

  • jeff

    41′ Lithuania injury.

  • sandrahn

    Every time I sneak a peek at this game on my PC (I’m at work) I see a Lithuanian player on the ground acting like he’s dying.

  • jeff

    Fouls: France 10, LIthuania 13 (44′)

  • jeff

    45′ Ribs hurt. Yellow for Lithuania player.

  • jeff

    2 minutes

  • Benjamin

    luyindula is having some great turns…

    lithuanian players are acting like italians

  • jeff

    0-0 at half time.

  • jeanpierre

    yea the lithuanian tactic is 8-1-1 and suddenly go attack but it always fails like a big failure so fall down and cry so a brandcard comes but they suddenly get better because that ref cries too

  • sandrahn

    BTW, Jeff, thanks for that French radio link, I’m enjoying listening to it. Also, the first livestream link someone on this thread gave is working pretty well.

  • Alex T

    dont forget about this link http://www.channelsurfing.net/ just scroll down and click on game, its been working for the past 3 games

  • jeff

    On Europe 1 they’re saying France should drop one of the defensive midfielders.

  • jeanpierre

    Everybody agrees with Europe 1 except Raymond Astrologic Domenbecg

  • sandrahn

    They’re right — I’m sick to death of watching Domenech suffocating the wonderful talents of his players.

  • sandrahn

    Alex, there seems to be a firewall I can’t get past, so unfortunately the channelsurfing link doesn’t work for me.

  • jeff

    52′ – still 0-0

  • sandrahn

    This is just incredibly frustrating.

  • Benjamin

    Benzema on for Gourcuff

  • jeanpierre

    daaaamn gourcuff out :S

  • Benjamin

    how many corners can we get without scoring!!!

  • Benjamin

    ribery sucks at taking corners.
    bring nasri on!

  • jeff

    65′ 0-0

  • jeff

    Yellow for Gallas

  • jeff

    Gignac coming on.

  • jeff

    Evra cross – very dangerous… no. (67′)

  • jeff

    Luyindula off, Gignac on.

  • jeff

    Gignac in the 9 shirt

  • jeff

    Gignac alone up front

  • jeff

    Free kick for France.

  • Benjamin

    if gignac scores im streaking in the street

  • jeff

    Ribs…Gignace near post, no.

  • jeff

    70′ 0-0

  • jeff

    72′ Henry hurt.

  • jeff

    Benzema playing wide right.

  • Benjamin

    RIBERYYYYYYYYY assists by gignac

  • jeff

    Gignac shoots wide (74′)

  • Jack

    RIBERY!!!

  • jeff

    Goal.

  • Benjamin

    great run by Benzema

  • jeff

    Ribs, again.

  • jeanpierre

    omg yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL RIBERYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

  • jeff

    1-0 (75′)

  • sandrahn

    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE BAVARIANS: FRANCK BABY IS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • jeff

    Mandanda puts goal kick into touch. Ouch. (78′)

  • jeff

    More Benzema (77′)

  • jeff

    Free kick

  • jeanpierre

    that guy called gignac is quite good

  • jeff

    Henry chance. no. Good pass from Gignac.

  • sandrahn

    Is it just my impression or is this crowd much better than usual?

  • sandrahn

    WTF?? That was a f—ing deliberate assault on Sagna!!!

  • jeff

    Sagna injured (80′)

  • jeff

    Ribery hurt (82′)

  • jeff

    Another France free kick. (83′) – It’s clear.

  • jeff

    Insane run from Henry.

  • jeanpierre

    cant believe henry missed it

  • jeff

    Benzema looks good.

  • jeff

    Ribs has sick skill.

  • jeff

    Benzema – Just over!

  • jeff

    88′ 1-0

  • jeff

    Lituania offside (89′)

  • jeff

    Sagna clears.

  • jeff

    3 minutes

  • jeff

    Gignac!

  • jeff

    Squillaci concedes free kick.

  • jeff

    Mandanda got it.

  • Benjamin

    these last minutes are stressful

  • Jack

    Game over. Another 3 points

  • jeff

    That’s 6 points from 6 during this patch of qualifying. The improvement since Gourcuff came in is continuing.

    Full Time 1-0

  • jeanpierre

    yes france won

  • ahmad

    well, france won but there are a few things to take from this game and one is set pieces, all of them completely gone to waste

  • sandrahn

    True, jeff — is it too much to hope that what we’re seeing is a gradual coherence and improvement in this team?

    Knowing Domenech, it probably is.

    Enuf of that. France move up to 2nd place now, right? Whew! Glad that’s over, but Ribery was wonderful to watch.

  • sandrahn

    True ahmad — like Arsenal, France almost never score from set pieces.

  • Alex T

    it looked like they were trying to hurt ribery!

  • sandrahn

    Alex, they were, they were! They were trying to hurt several of our players, but esp. Ribery.

  • Jack

    Austria must kill Serbia

  • sandrahn

    Don’t think that’s going to happen, Jack. :-(

  • http://france.worldcupblog.org laurie

    Funny, I didn’t see this post till after the game was over. And as I said on the other post, I really, really liked Gignac today.

  • http://france.worldcupblog.org laurie

    My favorite quote from Domenech on the game:

    “Quant à Gignac (pour sa première titularisation), il a joué avec ses qualités naturelles. Le jour où il ne tente pas, c’est qu’il est malade.”

  • ahmad

    sandrahn arsenal do score of off set pieces, agaisnt newcastle, against hull against wba, in todays game riberys deliverys from dead balls where horrendous

  • sandrahn

    sorry ahmad, but Arsenal scoring off set pieces can be counted in one hand. You can name a few games and that’s it. It’s a constant problem for us and it’s something very often commented on by gooners and pundits. We rarely look dangerous when we get a set piece. That’s why a player like Bendtner–whose finishing skills leave much to be desired–are so important because once in awhile he can pull off a header from a set piece. We rarely score goals from them. We also don’t have very good crossers. Sagna and Clichy are terrific players but they’re lousy crossers.

  • jeanpierre

    what does set pieces mean???

  • Jeff

    set piece = free kick or corner kick

  • Ryan

    I think Gignac should be a mainstay on this team. I like his game a lot.

  • Foreverzidane

    “We rarely score goals from them. We also don’t have very good crossers. Sagna and Clichy are terrific players but they’re lousy crossers.”

    As sandrahn stated the number of set pieces they’ve scored could be counted on one hand vs. the chances they’ve had, 4 0-0 ties in a row tells the tale for the Gunners, but no worries as

    C E S C I S B A C K !!!

    Sagna had much better crossing ability last year as supposed to the duds
    he’s sending in the box easily handled by the keepers.
    Keep the faith, 10 games left and it’s wide open.

  • http://football-442.blogspot.com fauzan

    i like france team
    but not like domenech
    maybe sometimes france have looking for new coach to better team

  • jeanpierre

    thanks cool now i know what set pieces mean :D

    “maybe sometimes france have looking for new coach to better team”

    DUH-UUUH,, DEFFUH-NEETE-LY!

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