2010 World Cup France Football Blog

An under strength Nigerian team pulled off a shock 1-0 win against a sloppy French side when the two sides met in this international friendly match.

Nigerian celebrations ensued as Les Blues fell to defeat

The French manager, Raymond Domenech, has never been the post popular man in France and this result will do nothing to improve his [...]

FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification doesn’t resume for France until mid-August, so as the more geographically able of you will have worked out from the title (hint: Nigeria isn’t in Europe), France take part in an exhibition match tonight. 

Will the French team do their country proud tonight?

Under fire French manager Raymond Domenech is likely to be grateful for [...]

I’m delighted to be returning to Lithuania and the Faroe Islands [who were also in France's UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying group]. We were very well received by the locals in both countries - and if their teams are able to offer us all six points again, I’ll not object (laughter)! Romania and Serbia would appear [...]

Although controversial manager Raymond Domenech was expected to be sacked or resign after leading his home nation to a disastrous 4th position in Group C of Euro 2008, the French Football Federation has today announced that it will continue to back Domenech for the 2010 World Cup campaign. Jean-Pierre Escalettes, President of the FFF, had [...]

I would like to say Well Done to Italy and all italian fans for having qualified. I am not a bad loser, so I will admit that the Italian squad was much better than the French selection. Mistakes where made, and these should incentive France to right the wrongs, and improve for future competitions. It’s [...]

This is how Group C finished after the third matchday of European Championship football. It was a tight group with four teams which are very capable of achieving success. The over-achievers are certainly the Netherlands, as no one dreamed that they would finish with 3 wins out of three games: against Romania and against the [...]

During the match against Italy, French star Franck Ribery had to be substituted early in the game after suffering an injury when he fell awkwardly after challenging Gianluca Zambrotta for the ball. Tests that were carried out later showed that Ribery had injured his knee and left ankle. The full extent of the injury is [...]

The French Football Federation has set the 3rd July as the date when they will make the decision whether to fire Raymond Domenech or else to honour his contract. After failing to qualify from a difficult Group C without winning a single match, the media and the public have been calling for Domenech’s resignation, blaming [...]

In a press conference held just after the Italy game, Raymond Domenech praised the French players for doing their best against Italy. He did not hide his disappointment and attributed the loss to the red card and early penalty. He stated that he knew that it would be difficult to survive against Italy when he [...]

Raymond Domenech has chosen the most unpredictable way to propose to his girlfriend Estelle Denis. While being interviewed, by M6, the TV Channel that Estelle works for, Domenech asked for his girlfriend’s hand in marriage. This proposal came in the interview just after France’s loss to Italy, and the deserved exit from Euro 2008.
“The only [...]