France Fans, How Are You Mourning This Loss?

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Absoultely ridiculous Xenophobic comments by our Italian friends, calling our team the “United Africa” as if there is anything wrong with that?
I am sure you’re in favor of the demonstartions that are going in Italy against the immigrants. I thought musolini is no longer ruling Italy, but I guess “you can take Mussolini out of Italy but not take Italy out of Mussolini?” my apologies to my French supposters here to turn this into a political issue, but what is wrong with being called African French or French African? Look at the Germans with Polish, Mexican, and other players with mixed nationalities. Are you cheering for the “Fear and Flag”
kind of democracy? or are we cheering for beautiful football?
I am not of French descent and been following this team since the early eighties, because of the beautiful football that they’ve demostrated, and not worried a single bit as they will bounce back even stronger than before for the years to come.

A L L E Z L E S “A F R I Q U E/B L E U S”

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Foreverzidane: calling our team “United Africa” is wrong, simply because it’s untrue Certainly, many of them have African ancestry, but then the American team should be called “United Europe”, shouldn’t it? Most (all?) of our players are true French people in their heart and soul because they’ve grown up in France since early age, if not birth.

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I’m sure you feel that way dominic. YOu can take your little shoe shaped island and shove it up yours hommie. This is just another caste of a sad little piggy trying to save some of his pride. BTW : you should get some therapy you have serious mental issues.

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@ Dominic Menotti
the english team doesn’t have any african players. all of them have british and west indian ancestry you arsehole.
i can’t wait for mario balotelli and santacroce to play for italy so you can shut up.

Posted from  United States

Dominic: You’re talking about people here. Imagine you were born in Italy with parents born in Africa. You would consider it fair not to be able to represent the country where you’ve grown up and that you love, just because your parents weren’t born here? Nobody denies the roots of Thuram, Desailly, etc, it’s not the point. The point is it’s legitimate for them to play for their country, the one they love and that they’ve grown up in.
It’s football, it’s just a freaking game. It’s not about trying to find whose nation’s genes are better or something. That would make no sense on so many levels.

Posted from  France

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Some people should get banned. I used to like this thread.

Posted from  France

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Yeah you’re not racist and yet you say Italy should “get rid of the gypsies”

Posted from  France

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@ Dominic
stop polluting this web site with fascist, ethnic hatred, and other discriminatory comments.

Posted from  United States

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Dominic: “U r almost projecting me as a racist”

No one needs to project you as a racist Dominic. You ARE a racist. The fact that you try to deny it just means, that you know that it’s bad to be racist and that’s the small glimmer of hope left for you. This football related discussion won’t change your world view but I hope something does.

Dominic, take it easy.

Good luck to both sides.

Posted from  Canada

good evening guys, as iam watching the Turkey vs Czech match, iam left wondering at the gulf of class between the teams in our group of death and the other teams..Imagine seeding Austria, Swiss, Greece( all three are out) and making Italia and France non seeds..it sux..

Posted from  Spain

with a small correction ofcourse, the Romanian team must be counted out of discussion, they just play anti football wait for the opponents to make mistakes or give them gifts

Posted from  Spain

To those who blamed Coupet for some of Holland’s goals, have you seen the second Turkish goal against Petr Cech, who’s considered to be the best goalkeeper in the world? It happens. Especially to a team that is held back by a coach when most of its force and talent is in attack. A lackluster and apathetic game like during the first half against Holland will lead to a disaster against Italy.

Posted from  Israel

one thing that bothers me a lot is that when people (TV commentator, so called experts and other fans) talk about peter cech they say he is the best goalie and even after so much brilliant performance after performance buffon has never been given that previledge except for italian or serie fans. It really hurts me and wonder is it because cech plays for EPL supposedly best league in the world which for me is serie a. CAN ANYBODY SAY THAT CECH IS BETTER THAN BUFFON OR HAS DONE THINGS BETTER THAN BUFFON? a question to everyone of you

“The made in AFRICA team France can take an early vacation to the deepest depths of ilimanjaro jungle”

I REPEAT: I THOUGHT THIS WEBSITE HAD RULES AGAINST RACISM. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WHO CONTINUALLY POST DISGUSTING, XENOPHOBIC, DEEPLY IGNORANT CRAP LIKE THIS CAN POST THEIR FILTH FREELY ON THIS SITE!

Posted from  United States

As a staunch “Les Afrique/Bleus” Fan (to make Dominic happy)I would like to say that by far Gigi Buffon could single handedly change the game.
I will never ever forget the bullet head shot he saved by Zidane.
My only gripe against him is the sending-off of one of the greatest that ever played the game during the 2006 WC.
Cech is not in the same class as Buffon,the other is the obvious Casillas,
and our very own Sebastien Frey who for the life of me I don’t understand
why Domenech won’t play him. Ricardo for portugal is a weak link.
Could we please forget the politics and get back to Football?

Cool that there are real French fans here
I support France when I saw them play, and it is such a difference compared to the other national teams who play football. They play really beautiful football. Since than I really cared about the French national team, (to be honest I’m from the Netherlands, but I hate the Dutch team, they play úgly soccer, a kind like Italy sometimes does xD)I was very down when this nice team had so much bad luck this european championship 2008, and that they are already out. I went mad that evening when they lost from Italy and that evening they lost from the Netherlands and I cut all the dutch orange flags in my neighbourhood (pathetic isn’t it)

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