France v Switzerland

At last Ribery from the very first minute. What a wonder team for today!! I agree that for this game Trezeguet should start on the bench. At last I think Domenech is getting down with best formation ever!! Who knows may be we end up swallowing back all our critism to him. Allez les Bleus!!!!!

The French are going into this like they’ve just got back from Dunkirk in 1940: Here’s how Le Monde puts it this afternoon, on the front page: “After the mind-boggling defeats of 2002 and 2004 [in the 2002 World Cup the defending champion French were guillotined out of the First Round after scoring not a single goal, and had as blithering a showing at Euro 2004 in Portugal] the Blues begin the 2006 World Cup today in Stuttgart against a redoubtable Swiss team that has shed all its scruples [or complexes, as the French word has it]. Only a victory will enable forgetting the traumas of the previous World Cup, with that first-match loss to Senegal, 0-1, which derailed in one shot an overconfident team. Most of all, anything but a victory will compromise the harmony and cohesion of the squad.”

Chers amis, get ready for a fun match that should make for a flashy clash between the stylish French (when they choose to be so) and the uninspiring Swiss, who play like a three-point cross between Italian, German and Irish football. It’s fun to beat up on the French. They make it so easy. Even for me, who owes all to Jesuits and Voltaire, but against the Swiss I’d like to see them go on a rampage that would scare even Attila’s braids.
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And that’s that. What we had in this half is a mixture between the theater of the absurd and a Cornellian tragedy: dullness incarnate, from both sides. Inexcusable.
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And that’s that. What we had in this half is a mixture between the theater of the absurd and a Cornellian tragedy: dullness incarnate, from both sides. Inexcusable.
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SO, Ribery has done Nothing, nothing!!!!!!!!!! what kind of a center for thierry henry was that? and henry is all alone upfront! where is this “unleashed dog” they all speak about??? absolute crap, this is, nothing less…

Dull dull dull!!!

Its the 70th minute, and I am disappointed with the French. These sides have faced each other before in qualifications for the World Cup, and the results, unsurprisingly, were 1-1 and 0-0, given this oh so dull affair.

Ho-hum. I think i’d better just wait for Brazil and Croatia to come on…

Paris is rebuilding the Bastille just to put these eleven into it. The guillotine is too good for them (and the US supremes have their doubts about lethal injection, judging from their arguments yesterday–should the French team choose as an alternative exile to the United States, where football underachievers are considered heroes).
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A few French players are throwing this game… especially Henry. It is so obvious. Some of the ways they are losing the ball in the attack half is quite incredible. With such a line up, how can this team not even have a shot on goal in the second half so far (80th minute). Shame on France!!

Tsk tsk… Its the 81st minute, and its still 0-0. We sure could have used Trezeguet right about now!

The most boring game of the cup so far.
France should lose this one so that they mifht play better the next game

Why wasn’t Trezeguet brought in ?
Like an earlier commenter mentioned , it looks like the French were throwing away the game. Especially some of Henry shots at goal were very weak.

Zzzzzzzzzz… Is it over?

Where is Trezeget in this match ??? Dumpest decision from french coach to leave him out of the match; he has experience in scoring goals instead they put a inexperience player who never play in the cup and has not proven anything yet !!! who need talent like Trezeget. pfff poor coaching decision!!!!

Henrry
Whats the point of having a fantastic goal poacher like Henry then stick him out on the wing . Poor Henry no wonder his shots were lame – so was the managers brain —
silvan wiltord ??? go figure what he was doing?i cant

ribery is pathetic! he wasted chances every time he touched the ball! why was he on the pitch?

This coach is pathetic, Ribery holds the ball too damn long. Ribery needs to come to Arsenal and let Wenger redefine his game. Trezeguet should have started along side Henry, these two are currently the two best strikers in the World today. I’m pissed off as hell, I picked France to win the entire thing.

wow france needs to step up their game (if they want to advance

Hm. I excpected a little bit more knowledge about football here. Yes, yesterday’s game wasn’t an attacking spectacle and France had a hard time – but they were playing against one of the best organized teams on the Cup. The way Switzerland occupies the room in its own half is absolutely fantastic. It was not primarily the inability of the French, but the system of the Swiss, which led to the 0-0. You’ll see what I mean in France’s game against Korea, where they will score, because they will find the space. They are still up there in the second choice of contenders for me (First choice: Czech Rep, Brazil, Argentina; Second choice: France, Holland, Spain, England).

So, appreciate system and tactics as much a goals, please. I think the Swiss fans are much happier with their ‘dull’ draw against France than American fans with the spectacle they allowed the Czech to create!

And otariq: WTF? What you write makes NO sense at all (the part about the coaches). If Ribery holds the ball too long, then that’s the Marseille coaches doing and not Domenech!

Adrian Wagner ,
I do agree with you about the Swiss organization. As much as I love the French team I must say that Brazil would have found a way to beat this team. The French is playing like crap. Did you see the mid-fielders arguing? They are dis organize and that has to be manager’s problem. Yes Ribery will be great but he hold the ball too damn long while trying to dribble.

This Coach is poor he has the best players in the world but can’t get them to play together.

France is a disaster this cup. They will be eliminated in the first round if they continue to play this way.

well put Roland.
i thought Zizou played beautifully overall but henry was yet at his best. trezeguet should’ve been on the field.he and henry make a great pair, i’d say

I predicted the 0-0. And now I predict that France will trash both Korea and Togo. That will also put the Swiss achievment into the right light!

What is the use of having a great play like Zinedine Zidane if he does not get help in the midfield. Zidane as we all know past his prime, but he is still the greatest passer of the ball, why does the coach on making him labour. A player of his caliber should have a couple of work horses around him and today there were none except for mekelele who I thin a great job in winning balls, but I did not see Viera and whoever else was suppose to support. I suggest that Viera should start from the bench and Dhorasu starts the game next time. Henry despite his form in the premiereship he seems to lack the cutting edge in international games, is it because he does not get the adequete supply or he is a club player no more? Abidal wasn’t sharp in defense either. The coach needs to do major changes for next time and a clear tactics. I still think this team can go far, if only the right tactics are deployed.

I think France has one of the best team on paper… But:
1/ They played SWISS, SWISS mainly played the draw and both team kept denying each other
2/French tactic with Henry alone was not the solution
3/French players were quiet under pressure and inhibited, see little individual actions/strikes, especialy Ribery who didn t play his true football
4/The team is getting old, that’s a fact

I think this team’s psychology is weak, for now and that mediocre collective game alienates each players’ talent. For now I feel like in 2002… A big waist… Back at that time they had the best striker from England, the best striker from Italy and the best striker from France yet they managed to mess up…

This was indeed a boring match. Germany-Costa Rica was a lot more entertaining. But who are we kidding here? The fact is that the Swiss and the French are two solid teams who fear and respect each other. The French however have a lot to lose; they are clearly favorite and have to prove that 2002 is part of the past. The Swiss on the other hand have nothing to lose, this is just a preparation for the 2008 Euro championship for them. I am convinced that both teams are kind of relieved with the draw and that France will show their true colors against Korea. Zidane was a bit upset about the lack of support from the back players, that will change against Korea.I do agree with Welsh though he needs more support from behind.

Adrian Wagner ,

I totally agree with you about France. All said France has the best players in every position in this world cup, they are better in most position than Brazil, but guess what? They are not the best team. This coach can not get them to play together.

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I’m very dissapointed by the result. And it was hardly a thrilling match, given the defensive and disciplined Swiss approach, combined with lack of offensive flair from France.
The problems with the French attack seem pretty obvious. Ribery and Wiltford couldn’t take advantage of Zidane’s passing – which as always was sublime – and Henry was too isolated up front to be effective. Hopefully in the next game there will be a second attacker up front and Malouda on the wing.
The positive aspect is that the french defense looks very good, in particular Gallas and Makelele. One doesn’t go far in the World Cup without a strong defense.

Or without scoring goals of course! France has the players to be able to raise their level and go far, but they need to play better together.
If they don’t, I think a lot of the blame should go on the coach, who makes some strange decisions and is also disliked by many of the players.
( I still cannot understand why Anelka is not on the team. There’s a fast, powerful player who can create goals by himself!)

French are pussies!!! We the US saved their asses during WWII, remember??? Neither can they score a goal in soccer nor can they score with their women. French are homos!!

Billant comments Sean, this is exactly the kind of subtle anlysis that gives us a bad reputation abroad. I’m sure you were among those who fought in WII. By the way, ths blog is about football, with your obvious deep understanding of international issues you couldn’t have missed that… could you???

Why didn’t Silvestre play? Is he injured?

Hey Sean get lost, do you want me to remind you how deep the US team took it up the ass??

In case you forgot watch the next game Italy – USA carefuly… And buy some vaseline… Hahahah…

May i just ask why British people hate french people so much? and by the way u cant exactly say england scored against paraguay, wasn’t it an own goal.. hmm.. just as crap…

I openly admit france played a shocking game… tactically we were a mess, i hope Saha will start along Henry, he has great aerial strengh and is able to hold up the ball, and give Henry the kind of throughballs he deserves unlike Ribery, why didn’t he just take it with his left foot and pass it into the net?

Oh well, bring on korea haha… actually they are a strong fast team… it should be a challenge

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