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La Liste for Faroe Islands and Austria

By: Laurie | October 2nd, 2009 | 18 Comments »

This is it. For all the marbles. The group of players that will (absolutely positively will) get us at least to the UEFA playoffs for a World Cup slot.

Only “nouveau” is Nicolas Douchez from Rennes. (And FOUR goalkeepers? Have Lloris and Mandanda not impressed Domenech enough to guarantee their spots for next summer?)

Interesting choices in central defense: William Gallas, obviously, but then it’s Eric Abidal, Julien Escudé and Sébastien Squllaci. Philippe Mexès has apparently not had a great start to his season at Roma, so his exclusion is understandable, but even so, this group does not fill my heart with confidence.

At midfield, both Abou Diaby and Moussa Sissoko earned recalls. Florent Malouda is there, but I’ll be surprised if he plays. And at forward, look who’s back. Yes, surprise, it’s Sidney Govou.

UPDATE: And I didn’t pick up on this on first read-through, but Yoann Gourcuff is out with a thigh injury. What do you think? Does this mean 4-4-2?

All in all, a fairly solid but not specatular group. Do you think they can get the job done?

Gardiens de But

Cédric CARRASSO Toulouse F.C.
Nicolas DOUCHEZ Stade Rennais nouveau
Hugo LLORIS Olympique Lyonnais
Stève MANDANDA Olympique de Marseille

Défenseurs

Eric ABIDAL FC Barcelone
Gaël CLICHY Arsenal F.C.
Julien ESCUDE FC Seville
Patrice EVRA Manchester United
Rod FANNI Stade Rennais
William GALLAS Arsenal F.C.
Bakary SAGNA Arsenal F.C.
Sébastien SQUILLACI F.C. Seville

Milieux de terrain

Abou DIABY Arsenal F.C.
Alou DIARRA Girondins Bordeaux
Lassana DIARRA Real Madrid
Florent MALOUDA Chelsea F.C.
Moussa SISSOKO Toulouse F.C.
Jérémy TOULALAN Olympique Lyonnais

Attaquants

Nicolas ANELKA Chelsea F.C.
Karim BENZEMA Real Madrid
André-Pierre GIGNAC Toulouse F.C.
Sidney GOVOU Olympique Lyonnais
Thierry HENRY F.C. Barcelone
Franck RIBERY Bayern Munich


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