45 minutes plus 2 minutes injury time have passed from the tense match between France and Italy. The score stands at 1-0 for the Italians, with the goal coming from a penalty by Andrea Pirlo after Luca Toni was felled in the box by Eric Abidal. Abidal was sent off immediately and Boumsong was brought [...]
The French Football Federation has given its full backing to raymond Domenech ahead of the crucial match against Italy that could possibly send France packing.
“The FFF is not a monarchy, we will review the situation with the federal council and will speak with Raymond”
“He is a member of the national technical direction [...]
France
23 Coupet
14 Clerc
05 Gallas
03 Abidal
13 Evra
10 Govou
20 Toulalan
06 Makelele
22 Ribery
09 Benzema
12 Henry
Italy
01 Buffon
19 Zambrotta
02 Panucci
04 Chiellini
03 Grosso
21 Pirlo
10 De Rossi
08 Gattuso
09 Toni
20 Perrotta
18 Cassano
Referee: Lubos Michel
BBC takes a very interesting look at what could happen in Group C, and which teams can occupy the runner-up place in the Group of Death. Netherlands top the group and for France to join Holland in the quarter-finals, Romania must fail to beat Holland, and France must win Italy. For the rest of the [...]
UEFA have clarified the uncertainty surrounding the match between Italy and France. Should Romania win and the other game (Italy vs France) finish in a draw, it was suggested that a penalty shootout would be necessary to determine 3rd and 4th place in Group C. However, UEFA have stated that such thing will not happen, [...]
At least one of the Group C giants will fall on Tuesday night. Both giants may fall if Romania get a favourable result against Holland. After losing against Italy in 2006, France will be determined to get revenge against Italy. Domenech hopes to keep his job by qualifying for the quarter-finals. This would mean that [...]
Some hours ahead of their confrontation with World Cup 2006 winners Italy at the Letzigrund Stadium, the French team paid a 20-minute visit to Madagascar. Not the actual Madagascar but a re-created huge greenhouse, more than a hectare of area, that was made to resemble the peninsula of Masoala in Madagascar. Endemic species from the [...]
On a foggy Monday evening at 17:45, the French players left their training base at Mont-Pelerin in the limits of Vevey to go to Zurich for their final group-stage decisive match against eternal rivals Italy. The players travelled by a special four-wagoned train that took them to the Zurich train station. The players played cards [...]
On Monday morning, the French team had their final training session before travelling for the match against Italy which will decide their destiny in the Euro 2008 Championship. It may possibly be the last training session altogether, this summer, for the Blues before they return back home, should they fail to get maximum points from [...]
On a fine Sunday afternoon, the French squad had a closed-door training session at Chatel Saint-Denis where they played football-tennis. The squad was divided in teams of two or three players and faced each other on the field that was divided by tennis nets. The first team that scores 15 points wins the game. The [...]
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