News about Sweden-France

Too many Diaras on that list. Also I’m sure there is someone besides Boumsong that could have been chosen for defense for example Squillaci. Anyways happy to see many new faces and i am sure with Flamini and Mexes playing our defense will be solid. Hope we win.

Good to see Domenech wised up and brought Flamini, Mexes, and Clichy, but Frey+Trezeguet’s absence is still ridiculous.

When I looked at the friendly list, I realized something about Domenech-Trezeguet. I am a massive fan of Trezegol, but Domenech is not only stupid but he’s downright an asshole. I remember when Juve was demoted to Serie B, he said he’d hold off since he was in Serie B (Italy didn’t with Buffon, ADP, etc) and later consider Trez when he returned back to the top flight. It has become obvious that that was a lie all along, considering his terrific season. That pisses me off.

Laurie, you are correct about the game time, 3 EST.
Usually if there is no piratecast, I go to l’Equipe text comments (in French), plus I check the radio casts from Europe 1 (Guy Roux is usually there, always interesting in his own way) but I heard that RMC (Radio Monte-Carlo) has good radio guys too (all those in French). It is a game in which people have a big interest, basically because of the huge coach controversy and how players handle it; really, channels should carry this!
Yes, without Ribery, Nasri or Ben Harfa we still have a good list, maybe lacking in offensive creativity, but we’ll see. That’s where I think Henry will (or should) maybe drop back and come up with “the sight”. Maybe the most exciting will be the back line with all these fired-up guys. Who will be on the right?
By tomorrow night, I think we’ll have a better idea where we’re going – except for the offensive midfield. Somebody step up.
I remember reading a piece in June 2006 where the journalist interviewed people from a neighborhood in Boulogne where a guy on the street said “Oh, TiFranck Ribéry is going to be in the National Team? In the World Cup? I’m glad for him. We used to play all the time on the street, and later on the field right that way. But how about his brother? Is he in les Bleus? Because his brother was waaaaay better! Now THAT guy was something”
Bring on the brother

Lol at the interview with the Boulogne guy. He makes me a bit curious about Ribéry’s bro.

Btw pissed off that no channel or site wants to broadcast this great match of great importance

Bring on the brother, indeed!

That’s news about Setanta. Didn’t they show a couple of French-league games every week last year? And I recall the France-England friendly was pay-per-view, but later broadcast free a few days later.

Laurie, I share your excitement about Clichy. He and Nasri looked good together on the left side at Arsenal last week. I wonder if Mad Dom would try the same thing with France. Maybe an aggresive new left back will help reinvigorate Malouda, who I can see getting even less time with Chelsea this year than last.

It looks like Arsenal could soon have an all-France backline. The Guardian is reporting that Mikaël Silvestre is about to be signed by Wenger as “a first-choice centre-half alongside William Gallas.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/aug/20/arsenal.manchesterunited

@ metamoralia
arsenal is a french team.

french players:
gallas, nasri, glichy, sagna, diaby, traore…
hold french passport:
adebayor, song, bischoff…
come from a francophone country:
toure, senderos, djourou, eboue…

and a french coach, wenger

@ Michel-Olivier:

Doesn’t Chelsea’s Didier Drogba have dual citizenship? He grew up in France, right?

Just imagine a group of strikers that included Drogba & Adebayor …

It looks like Mandanda will start today, with Evra on the left side …

Juventus used to have a lot french. Henry, Trezeguet, Thuram, Vieira, Zidane, Deschamps, all at Juve. Domenech would do well to call a few more Arsenal players and a few less Lyon players.

France Vs Sweden – Game is starting! Allons enfants de la patrie….

line up Sweden (no ibrahimovic) :
Isaksson
Stoor
Mellberg
Hansson
Nilsson
Wilhelmsson
Andersson
Svensson
Källström
Larsson (cap.)
Rosenberg

Line up France :
Mandanda
Sagna
Mexès
Gallas
Evra
Toulalan
Diarra
Govou
Malouda
Henry (cap.)
Benzema

Tune in website of FFF for live comments – but its in french

live stream

http://www.justin.tv/widgets/jtv_live.r8713.swf?channel=nenechannel

Omg.. 1-0 for sweden

OK, I did a little investigating job regarding Ribéry’s brother.

I found the 2006 article where the reporter was interviewing people from his native (very humble) neighborhood:
http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/sports/192329.FR.php
Excerpt: “he was bored as sh*t playing with kids his age” “He had something nobody else had. But his brother François, who plays in Calais, is even better technically” (Biloute played with both, in Boulogne)”some phenomenons”

So the next step was to go to the Calais website
http://www.calaisfoot.fr/
and there he was! To see the face of François Ribéry, go to the
drop-down menu, Championnats>Equipe, then hover the mouse on the name.
And the guy’s face should replace the very ugly mascot (it works most of the time). I’d say there is definitely a resemblance specially in the eyes and the forehead. And obviously he’s also a prankster.
So there you have it! The guy who is “even better” than Ribéry

Excellent detective work, Doume!

It’s funny, for the first split second after I clicked on the photo, I thought, “Oh, they look alike!” And then I looked closer and thought, “No, they don’t.” But there was that little jolt of recognition at the start — I just can’t figure out what caused it.

Hahahaha, ty very much Doumé ! I also looked for myself on internet about Ribérys brother but I couldn’t find anything!:p

Laurie, I think the top half of the face is quite similar really. Specially eyes and eyebrows.
Next time I go through the chunnel (probably never, since I would get on the ferry through my hometown), I’ll be sure to check on Ti Francois in Calais.