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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: March 23, 2013
France’s 3-1 win over Georgia at the Stade de France on Friday night was a massive result given the world and European champions’ draw with Finland. The result sets up Tuesday’s clash with the Spaniards as a key encounter and puts Les Bleus in pole position in Group I. Marseille’s Mathieu Valbuena was in inspired form for Didier Deschamps’ side with a goal and an assist...
Published: March 19, 2013
France come into Friday’s clash with Georgia at the Stade de France locked on seven points with reigning World and European champions Spain in Group I. A win against the Georgians would give Les Bleus a six-point lead in the current race for second place heading into their clash with the Spaniards in the capital next week. The Crusaders themselves are in mixed form having beaten Belarus in Tbilisi...
Published: March 18, 2013
Although the World Cup qualifiers are at different stages of advancement, there are a number of big sides already in danger of missing out in Europe, South America and Asia. Despite it still being early days, the qualification groups have already started to take shape, and a number of World Cup regulars are in perilous positions. Europe perhaps offers the largest number of potential surprise absences,...
Published: March 12, 2013
The 2006 World Cup was the end of a golden generation for France. Zinedine Zidane, Lilian Thuram, Claude Makelele, Fabien Barthez and Sylvain Wiltord played their last tournament together in Germany, reaching the final against the odds only to lose on penalties. Though Thuram and Makele would go on to represent les Bleus again at EURO 2008, Zidane’s retirement from football in the aftermath of...
Published: February 25, 2013
Brazilian football, it seems, is never short of talent and the latest in a long line of Samba stars to move from South America to Europe and make an immediate impact is Paris Saint-Germain’s wonderkid Lucas Moura. The 20-year-old is currently one of the hottest properties in world football along with compatriot Neymar, but Moura has moved to Europe before the Santos star and has already started...
Published: February 5, 2013
Since reaching the final in Germany 2006, France have become one of European football’s also-rans when it comes to title contention on the international stage. Controversy has never been far away, les Bleus‘ exit in South Africa was acrimonious, and the team underperformed in the European Championships twice since Berlin. 2014 could be different though. For the first time since 2006 France...
Published: January 21, 2013
Looking ahead to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it is clear that a number of Didier Deschamps’ preferred options for les Bleus will have reached maturity by that stage. That will likely give the former Juventus, Monaco and Marseille coach a strong squad that could compete for the title, assuming the individuals continue on their current trajectory. One thing that has always undermined France when...