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France (Group G)

France
Team founded:
1919 (affiliated 1804)

World Cup Participations: eleven (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002)

World Cup Honors: World champions (1998)

Titles: two-time European champions (1984, 2000)

France coach Raymond DomenechCoach:
Raymond Domenech (nationality: French)








France captain Zinedine ZidaneTeam Captain: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid), playing his last games for Les Bleus before he retires again.








The Squad
Goalkeepers
Fabien Barthez (Olympique Marseille)
Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon)
Mickael Landreau (Nantes)

Defenders
Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyon)
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle United)
Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic)
William Gallas (Chelsea)
Gael Givet (Monaco)
Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich)
Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United)
Lilian Thuram (Juventus)

Midfielders
Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris St Germain)
Alou Diarra (Racing Lens)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyon)
Patrick Vieira (Juventus)
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)

Strikers
Djibril Cisse (Liverpool, out with injury)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Franck Ribery (Olympique Marseille)
Louis Saha (Manchester United)
David Trezeguet (Juventus)
Sylvain Wiltord (Olympique Lyon)

Ranking:
7

Qualifiers:
Beat Cyprus 4-0 but then drew twice with Israel and Switzerland and once against the Republic of Ireland – not so impressive!

Schedule:
June 13 v Switzerland (Stuttgart) D 0-0
June 18 v South Korea (Leipzig)
June 23 v Togo (Cologne)

The Odds:
Les Bleus (“The Blues”) disappointed in 2002 after winning it all in 1998 at home. In recent months, they couldn’t beat Switzerland in two qualifiers. But while not promising too much, France is capable of much more, and its draw is as kind as it could be. Thierry Henry will have to strike venomously, and the backs will have to be rock hard.

Updates:

In a major blow to the squad, Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse is out of the Cup after breaking a leg in a 3-1 win over China in a pre-tournament warm-up game.

Distinctly unimpressive in Game 1 v CH. Little attacking punch, although great play on the wings. Some big lapses at the back, from which CH were unlucky not to score.


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DanceMyHeartOut YEAH FRANCE! 0 Mar 10 2007, 8:49 AM EST by DanceMyHeartOut
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Anonymous ALLEZ LES BLEUS! 0 Mar 10 2007, 8:49 AM EST by Anonymous
 
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You guys were SO close to winning. If that Trezeguet penalty was like an inch lower, it would have gone in! And anyways, to make you guys feel bette, a lot of newspaper articles said that you played better than ITALY! ALLEZ ALLEZ!
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Bally The Squad 0 May 23 2006, 11:30 AM EDT by Bally
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On paper, France have a very strong squad - you just can't argue with names like Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Claude Makelele, Patrick Vieira, Lilian Thuram and Fabien Barthez.

But it's been six years since France won a tournament and their last World Cup showing was very disappointing. With uncapped players like Pascal Chimbonda and Franck Ribery in the squad, I think the French team could go either way.

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