Comments on: Stop by our Romania-France Liveblog

By: Intan

Intan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:39:01 +0000

this game was so bad, my dad, a french fan, had just officially stopped supporting france, especially coupled by dismal performances during friendlies. by the time the kick-off started and they set the realllyyy slow pace, suddenly i realised that the game could end in a really horrible goalless draw. for a team that many pundits described as “always looking to attack”, the ball was mostly played in the midfield as if france was reluctant to start playing offense. i think domenech could have subbed anelka for gomis/nasri earlier to try reverse the situation, but i guess the problem lies deeper than that–by that, i mean the midfielders (except ribery–he was probably the only spark in the entire squad).

By: Foreverzidane

Foreverzidane — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:16:26 +0000

Yes Evra for Abidal, Goivu for Malouda, Flamini for the clueless, unimaginative Toulalan! Ribery please dig a lot harder.
Benzema we know you’re good now show the rest of the world.

By: outa control

outa control — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:44:22 +0000

It was disappointing to tie the team considered to be the underdogs in our group, just like seb said it could have been worst, all we have to do now is to kick the italians behinds and atleast tie holland. Am confident we will bounce back with a little adjustment though.i would play makalele or toulalan not both at the same time, i think we missed viera in the middle for that link between midfield and the forward,i think anelka should come from the bench, benzima should get more playing time, evra should play left back his defence and attack is better than abidal by far. bottom line…we need to be a little more attac minded.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:25:31 +0000

The strikers didn’t bother holding up the ball for France because they knew they would get very little support from the central midfielders. Also Abidal and Sagnol didn’t provide much going forward. It’s almost as if they were playing for a tie. I really loved the Nasri for Benzema sub at the end. Absolutely brilliant stuff from Domenech, changed the game completely…

By: Seb

Seb — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:17:38 +0000

I didn’t actually think Malouda was bad at all, he did well enough on the ball when he actually had it. I thought we should have attacked more on that side, it appeared to be causing better opportunities than on the right.

By: Michel-Olivier

Michel-Olivier — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:07:17 +0000

this is the last time im going to say it, french suck withot zizou. today ribery played wing back, anelka was a ghost, gomis sub was base on astrology, toulalan is a copy of makelele, malouda and sagnol = rubbish, the team suck. i can see a 2002 for france. if was president of FFF i would give Laurent Blanc a call.

By: Seb

Seb — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:49:03 +0000

True, although after that we had a stretch of Spain, Brazil and Portugal, so I believe after today everyone knows what’s at stake. Henry and Vieira, 2 world, as well as European, champions, know how to win these important matches. I do think their impact will be seen, especially that of Henry, who will be set to have a better performance than Anelka today.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:29:02 +0000

Yes, but then we had korea and .. Togo. Now it’s Holland and Italy. We have to be a little bit more speed in our warm up.

By: Michel-Olivier

Michel-Olivier — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:18:59 +0000

@ seb
i agree

By: Seb

Seb — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:13:13 +0000

This game was about as bad as could be, though on the bright side, we could be in a worse situation had we lost and had a goal difference of -3. As many of you know, I am no supporter of Domenech and I was wondering during the game whether he’d bring on Lassana Diarra for Benzema. However, keep in mind we also played our worst game at WC 2006 in our debut against Switzerland. Thus, there is reason to be optimistic, but if a Diarra-Vieira-Maké-Toulalan midfield comes out against the Dutch, I will start looking for Didier Deschamps.