JayM
International
Where's Evra?Mastermind said:
Zidane is back !!!!
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Massacre_1907
Guest
bring bak platini too, total class then !
scratch-br
Mr. Scratcher
- 14 December 2004
To avoid 0x0 scores at home they should bring Fontaine.
Revan
out the window
problem is he can't keep 90 minutes on top!Shevchenko 7 said:...
I hope to see Rui in Portugal tooI like his playing
I wish he was a few years younger! :pbut Rcosta returning is something more close to a miracle.
Glavisted
Premiership
- 20 July 2005
The invincible team come back, I hope Germany 2006 will have this team in a protagonic rol.
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synergy
Guest
ghazi said:
It was a penalty not a freekick.
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Pakigol
Guest
Michel Lopez said:
like you said... 2001
jun 2005 : Japan vs Brasil : 2-2
4 jun 2002 (WC 1st leg) Portugal vs S Korea : 0-1
18 jun 2002 (WC 1/8 ) S Korea vs Italy : 2-1
(but maybe you've forgotten these ones... french seems to have forgotten that there was a world cup in 2002... dunno why)
please... if you had any interest in other soccer than the french one, you should saw that S Korea and Japan NT are not the same that they used to be (same thing for the french NT, in a other way :roll: ... 1998... it's far you know)
Dominic
Serie A
- 19 August 2003
Mastermind said:
Ofcourse they could reach the Qfinals at least...
...If a team consisting of 12 players won't go far, they should be ashamed of themselves.
Mastermind
FRANCESC SON!
Oh please, and yes i've seen a lot of Ivory coast matches and I think they can go far in the world cup, but that French team has too much expeirence plus quality.
Japan can't hang with this team nor can paraguay.
Abidel is way better then Evra. What did Evra do last season.
Japan can't hang with this team nor can paraguay.
Abidel is way better then Evra. What did Evra do last season.
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Sulph
Goodbye...
- 28 September 2003
Of course they can,,theyve got Drogba :p
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ghazi
Guest
synergy said:
Ummm. . too bad you missed the free kick he scored as well. He scored twice in the closing minutes.
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ghazi
Guest
Don Domenico said:
lmao - you beat me to it!
Dominic
Serie A
- 19 August 2003
Sorry 
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PLF
Legend
- 2 August 2004
If you don't mind Mastermind, I'm going to have to disagree with this. Not because I think Evra >>> Abidal but because you're doing 2 things wrong.Mastermind said:
1) Comparing players based on ONE season and even when Evra didn't have bad season but more people got to know Lyon due to CL success and are now hyping up all their players
2) Despite both being LB's , you're comparing 2 different types of LB's which in my opinion is hard and wrong to compare to say who's better.
You see while Evra is a much more attacking left back the type that most people like to have as fullbacks ala Roberto Carlos stype and he can also play as left midfielder and is better crosser/faster and better dribbling skills... Abidal is a more DEFENSIVE fullback and I also like that.
I'm not like most people where I ALWAYS want attacking fullbacks.. sometimes I like them if they're more defensive than attacking and will keep my defence tight and help centra ldefenders and occassionaly make forward runs and even get some assists like Abidal does.
Due to coming forward.. making crosses and getting couple assists last year.. a few actually have WRONG idea about Abidal and think he's an attacking fullback. Well he's not.. I've known him since he's Lille days and those people who think so only got to know him last year really.
Eric Sylvain-Abidal is a LB/CB. He used to even play as central defender sometimes before and is kinda like Sylvestre. He should have at least 10 higher or so DEFENCE than attack because he's more defensive oriented. I'd say a 67 and 76 for attack and defence would be about the right ratio for him while Evra should probably be opposite..
so you see i won't say who's better because just like in real life and in game.. there are times when i'd like a more defensive sideback who can occassionaly get forward with right arrows/mentality like Abidal and then sometimes if i'm down.. i might sub him for someone like Evra.
So it dpeends on what tactics the manager wants to play.. whether he wants someone who can potentially be a liability by goin forward TOO much like R. Carlos or the OTHER type of Sideback which is more defensive but gets forward to another example of Abidal type of side back is Ex-Nice now tottenham RB, Noe Pamarot.
there's wya more of course.. but these 2 are so different types of sidebacks and each useful in own way
ThomasGOAL
Retired Footballer
- 15 March 2003
Lilian Thuram (Juventus) back to National team ! Official
Michel Lopez
Non-League
- 15 July 2004
Platini in shock return to French sideMassacre_1907 said:
PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - French star Michel Platini on Wednesday announced that he is coming out of international retirement to help his country’s flagging World Cup campaign.
The 50-year-old Juventus legendary midfielder quit the national team after World Cup 1986 when France were knocked out in the semi-finals against West Germany but said on his website on Wednesday that he will be available for selection in the friendly against Ivory Coast on August 17.
“I have decided to make a comeback and play for France, twenty-years after I categorically stated I would never play again,”
"I have found again the motivation I might have lost a while ago,"
"But I'm not coming back as a saviour, I'm not Zidane !" said Platini, a former World Footballer of the Year (1983,84,85).
Platini has played 72 times for the national team scoring 41 goals including five goals in the 1978, 1982, 1986 World Cup.
He also played in the successful Euro 1984 team.
“I will be in Montpellier”, said Platini referring to the venue of the match with Ivory Coast.
:king:
Sulph
Goodbye...
- 28 September 2003
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
scratch-br
Mr. Scratcher
- 14 December 2004
Omg who will be the number 10?
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Tactician
- 12 December 2002
So,how many and whom of the old guard is officially back in Les Bleus?
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martinja
Guest
Mastermind said:
LOL. 12 players : )
Sulph
Goodbye...
- 28 September 2003
No one would notice :p
Glavisted
Premiership
- 20 July 2005
Is encouraging.ThomasGOAL said:
Mastermind
FRANCESC SON!
martinja said:
Yeah i noticed that striaght after the post
. I couldn't be bothered to change it. I'm suprised it took so long for people to realise. :shock: Anyway PLF i'm still not convinced about Evra and i've been watching Abidel for a couple of years and as a general left back he is better.
Michel Lopez
Non-League
- 15 July 2004
Mysterious apparition told Zidane to resume France career
PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Real Madrid star Zinedine Zidane has admitted a mysterious apparition advised him to end his self-imposed international retirement to return and help France qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
Zidane returned to the France fray recently and was immediately named captain for the remaining qualifiers which the former world champions must win if they want to have any chance of going to Germany next year.
The French icon, who has had a huge influence in France's success over the years, said the "overpowering presence" left him with only one decision to make.
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"I didn't want to make a big thing out of this, and for people to interpret what I say badly but what happened to me is really quite mysterious and unexplainable," Zidane said in Tuesday's edition of France Football magazine.
"You could even say it's irrational.
"One night about three o'clock in the morning I woke up suddenly and began speaking with someone. Afterwards I didn't tell anyone about it, not even my wife.
"It's a total enigma, but don't try to explain it - you can't. It's someone that you are likely to never meet. I can't even begin to explain. This person exists, but it's a total mystery."
He added: "A few hours later I was with my wife at home and that's when I decided.
"I've never had an experience like it. It was like I was powerless against this presence that was forcing me.
"It was like a revelation, and suddenly I realised I had to go back on my decision to retire."
Raymond Domenech's Bleus have four matches to redress their poor start, beginning with the visit of the Faroe Islands on September 3.
Zizou = Jeanne d'Arc reincarnation
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PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Real Madrid star Zinedine Zidane has admitted a mysterious apparition advised him to end his self-imposed international retirement to return and help France qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
Zidane returned to the France fray recently and was immediately named captain for the remaining qualifiers which the former world champions must win if they want to have any chance of going to Germany next year.
The French icon, who has had a huge influence in France's success over the years, said the "overpowering presence" left him with only one decision to make.
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"I didn't want to make a big thing out of this, and for people to interpret what I say badly but what happened to me is really quite mysterious and unexplainable," Zidane said in Tuesday's edition of France Football magazine.
"You could even say it's irrational.
"One night about three o'clock in the morning I woke up suddenly and began speaking with someone. Afterwards I didn't tell anyone about it, not even my wife.
"It's a total enigma, but don't try to explain it - you can't. It's someone that you are likely to never meet. I can't even begin to explain. This person exists, but it's a total mystery."
He added: "A few hours later I was with my wife at home and that's when I decided.
"I've never had an experience like it. It was like I was powerless against this presence that was forcing me.
"It was like a revelation, and suddenly I realised I had to go back on my decision to retire."
Raymond Domenech's Bleus have four matches to redress their poor start, beginning with the visit of the Faroe Islands on September 3.
Zizou = Jeanne d'Arc reincarnation
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Revan
out the window
OMG LOL.
Is that really Zidane words?
Is that really Zidane words?
Sulph
Goodbye...
- 28 September 2003
Sounds like it could be him?
Arsenalian
Arsenal is coming . . .
- 8 August 2005
the king Zidane back again to France Team
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