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June 26th, 2006 | By: Chriso | 29 Comments »

Tomorrow’s the 27th June and France are playing Spain in the knockout stages of the World Cup. I wonder if there are any superstitious players on the team who think the date’s a good omen.

It’s certainly the date of one of the best days in French football history, 27th June 1984, when they beat Spain 2-0 in the final of the European Championships in Paris, the high point for Michel Platini and his generation in the national team.

Platini had a great championship for France, scoring in every game, nine in total. A 2-0 win against Spain on Tuesday night would be a nice way to celebrate the anniversary.

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By VERON | June 27th, 2006 at 12:33 am

I have a strong feeling that FRANCE will beat SPAIN badly…Event though SPAIN is playing really well…

FRANCE 3-1 SPAIN

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By EagleEye | June 27th, 2006 at 1:44 am

France is showing now how it would be impossible for them to REALLY win the world cup. The 98 final was a CLEAR set up. It was as if brazil didn´t enter the field. They didn´t play that game. Brazil should now be chasing their 7th star.

By SES | June 27th, 2006 at 2:32 am

It would be quite controversial if France pulled off an upset against Spain. Here’s hoping that Zindane exits gracefully.

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By znouznou | June 27th, 2006 at 5:37 am

lol
vive la france but i thinks spain win

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By Toni | June 27th, 2006 at 5:48 am

As an outsider, I would like to see Spain thru because they have been playing the more exciting football, but on the other hand, I would like to see France vs. Brazil for a reply of 98…my bet is on Spain tho.

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By rad|x | June 27th, 2006 at 6:02 am

Guys, I wish you the best of luck in your game vs Spain. I really think you can beat the crap out of those self loving bastards

By Haarf | June 27th, 2006 at 8:49 am

Self loving bastards ? I didn’t know Spain meets USA…

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By Haarf | June 27th, 2006 at 10:22 am

Sorry for my previous post, bad wake-up

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By shuai | June 27th, 2006 at 11:58 am

Eagleeye: You can’t say France was 98′champion coz brazil played shit.
As I know, WC is not just a final. And I hope that for Spain.Coz If is, Spain never won a thing.

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By minhoca | June 27th, 2006 at 1:10 pm

France is still a country? I’ve read about them in history books of course… but haven’t heard anything about them lately…except something about ‘youths’ burning cars or some such… too bad they don’t speak Spanish or they would know how to say VIVA LA RECONQUISTA!

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By hesseh | June 27th, 2006 at 1:38 pm

french players like zidan & henry can pierce spain goal keeper cassilas.
http://fifawc6002.blogspot.com

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By fanch | June 27th, 2006 at 2:08 pm

Lol j’adore, ya que des américains qui post ici.
Moi je dis mes amis, VIVE LA FRANCE, et qu’on le gagne ce match !!!

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By armando | June 27th, 2006 at 4:22 pm

se scandal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwGBSSgr4XA

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By eb | June 27th, 2006 at 8:06 pm

when USA will be able to go to the final, they will found out there is no such thing like set up game. the winner is the one who win the game. I will pass around this comment to my grand children when USA win in 2030.

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By Liveblog: France vs. Spain - FIFA World Cup 2006 - World Cup 2006 Blog | June 27th, 2006 at 8:43 pm

[...] 15 minutes to go: Amazingly, Spain and France have never met in the World Cup before, but they did meet on this date in 1984 and it was a glorious day for the French. Will we see history repeated? Chris O over on the France team blog makes the case for Zidane starting on the bench. This will never happen, of course, but it’s an interesting thought. Is there a point where he becomes a liability? [...]

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By dahlia graham | June 27th, 2006 at 10:00 pm

i am confident spain will go home today counting their losses france beat the hell out of them

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By dahlia graham | June 27th, 2006 at 10:03 pm

give spain a hell of a drubbing you go frane give it to them

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By Roderick | June 27th, 2006 at 10:15 pm

Allez les bleus allez les bleus… à la maison

Forza ITALIA!
Roody

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By Helmut | June 27th, 2006 at 11:35 pm

Good call, Veron!

Eagleeye – you may as well go back to American football. You obviously don’t know anything about soccer, despite your big mouth.

That was a lovely game. Allez les Bleus!

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By shuai | June 28th, 2006 at 12:03 am

Eagleeye : ?????AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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By lokki | June 28th, 2006 at 10:09 pm

minhoca para ti

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By lokki | June 28th, 2006 at 10:15 pm

la verda que francia lo ha hecho, que no? y claro que nosotros hablamos varias idiomas como castellano, catalan, vasco, mais aussi breton, créole, portugais, allemand, anglais, arabe… parce que la france est de toute les couleurs de la vie
arriba francia et vive la france
kenavo ave ch’all

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By lokki | June 28th, 2006 at 10:20 pm

si prefieres puedo escribirlo en ingles minhoca a pesar de que entiendes el frances … pero no lo creo por eso preguntamelo si es el caso!

et merci a nos voisins allemands pour cette belle fête qu’ils nous offrent c’est nickel!

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By zidane`s lover | July 2nd, 2006 at 9:16 am

i have to say it.whithout zidane there is no chance to beat brazil.he was really the best player in the world.he proved it.ronaldinho is bullshet

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