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By: terry carvallo

terry carvallo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:57:04 +0000

man, i love this team more than any team in the world if france could win this euro and next world cup i will not ask them anything ever again lol

can someone tell me why can we not have abidal and evra play together back in the 80’s they had the same problem BOSSIS and BATISTON same position but they sacrifies for the sake of the team,

k i will do this one more time why not thi formation (please be kind)

coupet
abidal on the right
gallas,thuran in the center
evra on the left

diarra , makelele

ribery,nasry (they are very good friends and played 2 years 2 gether in marseille)

henry , benzema

why could that not work?

By: sandrahn

sandrahn — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:10:49 +0000

Julian, from your keyboard to the ears of the football gods!!!

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:18:40 +0000

Malouda was meant to play in as MD in the 4-3-1-2, with makalele as a sort of post-defense libero, and Malouda and Toulalan MD, Ribery as a pre-striker, (diamond) and the Henry-Benzema up front. This is not a 4-4-2, it actually shifted to a 4-5-1, but Anleka didn’t shine on his own. No guaranty any of these game plans will be used against Romania. OFF COURSE they didn’t give it all during a pre-tounament friendly, look at Canavaro, ronaldo, and the other key players that are injured the week b4 the start of the tournament… People still havent understood that the point is to reach the final with some juice left to win it, not to trash Colombia 6-0 and go home after te group stages. That is what Domenech is good at, and that is why we’ll win this Euro, mark my words.

By: Jean-Michel

Jean-Michel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:53:27 +0000

Pride of Lyon, of the last three friendlies this one was his (Malouda)best. He still is no Ribery on the left wing which I think is what we would all like to see from him.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:30:37 +0000

Okay match

By: Seed

Seed — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:37:33 +0000

Pride of Lyon, as the game progressed Malouda gained confidence and showed some wonderful ball-keeping. He also did terrific defence work

By: Pride of Lyon

Pride of Lyon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:15:20 +0000

I haven’t seen the game, but I heard lots of comments about how bad Malouda and Abidal were. Apparently Malouda played as if he was a DM and didn’t bring anything forward.
you are the only people I heard saying he had a good game… not sure who to believe now.

By: Doumé

Doumé — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:56:48 +0000

I wasn’t able to watch the game…I suppose they were shying away a bit from shocks, duels, physical follow-ups, etc.

Laurie, it was a shock for me to read : “And this starting eleven is not going to get us out of the group stage” ? Wow, I know it’s a tough group, but do we allow for some gelling, some urgency, some inspiration, to happen possibly? Any hope?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:11:19 +0000

So what do people think? Will Sagnol be ready to play against Romania?

By: Miles

Miles — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:01:44 +0000

Thuram = Solid rock despite his age…played great
Benzema = Great vision and speed…needs to become a bit more comfortable
Ribery = A monster!! So fast and agile….i think he will do great
Henry = Consistent……helped keep the team together
Makelele = Played very well
Malouda = Awesome……very important player this tournament
Anelka = Solid…..he will make it happen
Touhlan = Looks likes he 40, but is actually 24

All in all i think we have a solid team. They will just scare the shit out of us all tournament, and make ridiculous slip ups as they always do