French squad to face Israel and Faroe Islands

[gaijin]

Gardiens de but:

Fabien Barthez (Marseille)
Grégory Coupet (Lyon)

Défenseurs

Eric Abidal (Lille)
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Glasgow Rangers)
Patrice Evra (Monaco)
William Gallas (Chelsea)
Gaël Givet (Monaco)
Bernard Mendy (Paris SG)
Sébastien Squillaci (Monaco)

Milieux de terrain:

Alou Diarra (Lens)
Ludovic Giuly (Barcelona)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
Benoît Pedretti (Marseille)
Robert Pires (Arsenal)
Jérôme Rothen (Paris SG)
Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)

Attaquants:

Djibril Cissé (Liverpool)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Peguy Luyindula (Marseille)
David Trezeguet (Juventus)


pour les matches contre Israël (4 septembre) et les Iles Féroé (8 septembre)

[MHaifa1913]

Équipe de national de l'Israel

Gardiens de but:

Nir Davidovic (Maccabi Haifa)
Liran Strauber (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)

Défenseurs:

Arik Benado (Maccabi Haifa)
Uri Uzan (Maccabi Haifa)
Ravid Gazal (Maccabi Haifa)
Shimon Gershon (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)
Yigal Antebi (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)
Tal Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers, ENG)
Klimi Saban (Hapoel Petah Tikva)
Adoram Keisi (Hapoel Petah Tikva)

Milieux de terrain:

Idan Tal (Maccabi Haifa)
Walid Badir (Maccabi Haifa)
Avi Nimni (Beitar Jerusalem)
Yossi Benayoun (Real Racing de Santander, ESP)
Yaniv Katan (Maccabi Haifa)

Attaquants:

Pini Balili (Kayserispor, TUR)
Omri Afek (Real Racing de Santander, ESP)
Omer Golan (Maccabi Petah Tikva)

[iougs]

Vikash Dhorasoo (Milan AC) and Louis Saha (Manchester United)
replace
Alou Diarra (Lens) and David Trezeguet (Juventus)

I am happy for Vikash. Isn't the Italian league starting in early September though, so I doubt he's gonna see much action for there games ?

Israel brings back pretty bad memory from the WC 94 qualifiers :(

I am already worried.

iougs-

[MHaifa1913]

Israel brings back pretty bad memory from the WC 94 qualifiers :(

I am already worried.

iougs-

You shouldn't worry. The players that played for Israel on October 13, 1993 are all gone. Two very different squads with France having won the past three times the countries have met.

[mikeb3142]

Is Anelka still in the doghouse?

[iougs]

Is Anelka still in the doghouse?


I guess so. Nico is the man.

iougs-

[gaijin]

Benayoun will be Israel's most dangeorus player..... :eek:

I reckon 3-0 France, Pires, Henry and cheeky Gallas header just before the end of the match..... ;)

[Rima067]

Barthez out with ankle injury, will not play in either qualifiers. Landreau called up.

[lefutur]

Does anyone know why Anelka keeps getting snubed by every France coach? I know he's been immature in the past but why doesnt he get another chance? Is Domenech going to try and use him? He could have been valuable in Euro2004 with Cisse banned.

Also, does anyone think that it will be necessary for one or more of the veterans (say Thuram) to come out of retirement at any point during the qualification process?

[gaijin]

Does anyone know why Anelka keeps getting snubed by every France coach? I know he's been immature in the past but why doesnt he get another chance? Is Domenech going to try and use him? He could have been valuable in Euro2004 with Cisse banned.

Also, does anyone think that it will be necessary for one or more of the veterans (say Thuram) to come out of retirement at any point during the qualification process?

I think Anelka is a very good player, but his temprement is suspect...He refused the call after the fromer french coach called up for a friendly after some first-choice strikers dropped out with injury. Anelka spat out his dummy and refused to be called up, saying that he was not good enough in the first-place, so they can't appreciate him....

Anyways, he got a three match ban...Which is only valid for games in the French league. He might want to call him up, but I don't know what the reaction in France will be like...

Besides, I think France should be looking at their younger talent...Especially the one which dazzled in the Le Tournoi....

France need to look to the future and get young talent in now...Just like what England are doing....Zizou has retired and we should do our best to find the next one in the youth teams. Ligue 1 is crawling with talent.

Personally I think Ludovic Guily can do a smashing job in Zizou's place...

[Rima067]

Why is Saha wearing Trezeguet's number 20 shirt??

Anyone have a clue?

[gaijin]

Why is Saha wearing Trezeguet's number 20 shirt??

Anyone have a clue?

Possibly he will take Zidane's no10 shirt from now on....

[Canadian_Supporter]

The people on the Faroe Islands are very excited to have a team like France come to their islands.

Too bad I can't get the game on TV over here...

[Canadian_Supporter]

Faroese squad to face France

Goalkeepers: Jakup Mikkelsen (Klaksvik); Jens Martin Knudsen (NSI Runavik)

Defenders: Oli Johannesen (TB Tvoroyri); Johan Byrial Hansen (AC Horsens, Denmark); Jon Roi Jacobsen (Frem, Denmark); Pol Thorsteinsson (B36 Torshavn); Atli Danielsen (Klaksvik).

Midfielders: Jakup a Borg (HB Torshavn); Frothi Benjaminsen, (Fram Reykjavik); Julian Johnsson (Akranes); Rogvi Jacobsen (HB Torshavn); Jann Ingi Petersen (Fremad Amager, Denmark); Suni Olsen (GI Gota).

Strikers: Hjalgrim Elttor (Fremad Amager, Denmark); Andrew av Flotum (Fremad Amager, Denmark); Jonhard Frederiksberg (Skala); John Petersen (B36 Torshavn); Claus Bech Jorgensen, (Coventry City, England)

[gaijin]

The people on the Faroe Islands are very excited to have a team like France come to their islands.

Too bad I can't get the game on TV over here...

didn't they get a draw with Germany last year?

[Canadian_Supporter]

didn't they get a draw with Germany last year?

They recently played Germany. I think Germany scored two late goals in Torshavn for a 2-0 victory. The game in Germany was a 2-1 loss for the Faroe Islands. They (Faroe Islands) hit the post late in the game....

I can't imagine France having any problems with the Faroe Islands.

[gaijin]

They recently played Germany. I think Germany scored two late goals in Torshavn for a 2-0 victory. The game in Germany was a 2-1 loss for the Faroe Islands. They (Faroe Islands) hit the post late in the game....

I can't imagine France having any problems with the Faroe Islands.

Yeah....I can remember Germany scoring two in the last minute at Torshavn...
(lucky.....)

You never know, remember "Les Blues" at Iceland? :rolleyes: