Euro 2008 France Football Blog

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 [...]

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First Goal: Andrea Pirlo (Penalty)
Second Goal: Daniele De Rossi (Deviated Free-kick) 

Below are two of the best detailed analyses of the match between France and Italy, which ended in an unfortunate exit for Les Bleus, and a quarter-final place for Italy. The Italians have ranked in 2nd place, while France ranked at the bottom of the Group of Death. Italy will now face in-form Spain in [...]

After being kicked out of Euro 2008 by Italy, in a shameful manner after they ranked at the bottom of Group C, two of the French senior players have decided to end their international career. Claude Makelele, aged 35 years, and Lilian Thuram, aged 36 years, have decided to put an end to their long-serving [...]