Final France 1-0 Georgia

I swear, this team will be the death of me. Seriously. Someday they will come across my body, stiff in front of the computer screen, my hand clutching my mouse, my face frozen into the look of horrified disgust that can only come from watching So Many Freakin’ Missed Chances!!! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

The good news is, they won. The bad news is that the second half was UGLY. How ugly was it? Unwatchable ugly. Seriously, I had to leave the room for several periods of time. And the saddest thing was, Georgia was never even in the game. France was playing against themselves and losing. How pathetic is that?

So I guess my question from France-Ukraine has been answered. The question: Are they really that good? The answer? Only sometimes.

Ribery went missing second half. Anelka never did find his stride. Cisse came in for Malouda and things went downhill. Anelka and Cisse had miscue after miscue between them. (These two should not play together. It doesn’t work. Play Benzema instead.)

The bright spots? Thuram (yes, the old guy’s still got it), Gallas, Toulalan and to some extent Makelele. I thought Toulalan looked especially good — so good I’m having a hard time imaginining him benched when Vieira comes back. Although everybody on defense was helped by the fact that Georgia never got anything going offensively.

Abidal looked maybe a little better second half but still is not the player I remember.

But in the end, I guess all that matters is this: Three points. Top of the table. Woohoo!!

But they’d better get it together before September’s games against Italy and Scotland.