France v Hungary - Match Amical [R]

[gaijin]

Match will be played on the 31st of May at the Stade Symphorien, Metz.

And here is the Les Bleus selection:

Goalkeepers:

Grégory Coupet - (Olympique Lyonnais)
Mickaël Landreau - (FC Nantes)

Defenders:

Eric Abidal - (Olympique Lyonnais)
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle United)
William Gallas - (Chelsea)
Gaël Givet - (Monaco)
Anthony Reveillere - (Olympique Lyonnais)
Sébastien Squillaci - (Monaco)

Midfielders:

Vikash Dhorasoo - (AC Milan)
Alou Diarra - (RC Lens)
Rio Antonio Mavuba - (Bordeaux)
Benoît Pedretti - (Marseille)
Jérôme Rothen - (Paris St-Germain)

Attackers:

Djibril Cissé - (Liverpool)
Ludovic Guily - (Barcelona)
Sidney Govou - (Olympique Lyonnais)
Florent Malouda - (Olympique Lyonnais)
Sylvain Wiltord - (Olympique Lyonnais)

Henry is injured, Vieria is getting married next week but Cissé will be available despite playing playing in the Champions League final. Strange.

Not a good call up for me. About time, the espoirs are given a chance. Some of those players have been tried and failed. Wiltord is a backward step for me. Wouldn’t it be more beneficial for the younger talent to come in? At least they can say that they tried.

[gaijin]

Hungarian squad:

Goalkeepers:

Marton Fülöp (Tottenham)
Gabor Kiraly (Crystal Palace)
Balazs Raboczki (FC Copenhague)

Defenders:

Laszlo Eger (Debreceni)
Csaba Feher (Ujpest)
Gabor Gyepes (Ferencvaros)
Roland Juhasz (MTK Budapest)
Adam Komlosi (Debreceni)
Peter Stark (Gyori)
Vilmos Vanczak (Ujpest)

Midfielders:

Laszlo Bodnar (Roda JC)
Zoltan Boor (Debreceni)
Zoltan Gera (West Bromwich Albion)
Tamas Hajnal (Saint-Trond)
Peter Halmosi (Debreceni)
Szabolcs Huszti (Ferencvaros)
Gyorgy Korsos (Rapid Vienne)
Tamas Peto (NAC Breda)
Akos Takacs (Ferencvaros)
Norbert Toth (Ujpest)
Otto Vincze (Gyori)

Attackers:

Krisztian Kenesei (Gyori)
Zsombor Kerekes (Debreceni)
Peter Kovacs (Viking Stavanger)
Peter Rajczi (Ujpest)
Imre Szabics (Stuttgart)
Mihaly Toth (Matav Sopron)

[gaijin]

"L'Equipe de France a besoin de se retrouver, d'être ensemble. Nous devons jouer des matches pour continuer à construire, à avancer. Cette construction a bien sûr pour objectif la qualification au Mondial 2006. On a amené du sang neuf durant les premiers rendez-vous de la saison mais désormais, on travaille avec un groupe défini. La stabilité est l'élément déterminant. On a des choix à faire, je m'y tiens."

La liste

"Contre la Hongrie, j'ai décidé de retenir dix-huit joueurs, et je vais demander à deux ou trois autres garçons de se tenir prêts à nous rejoindre en Lorraine en cas de blessures. Pour le capitanat face aux Hongrois, cela sera un intérim et j'en discuterai avec les joueurs présents. William Gallas et Jean-Alain Boumsong ont terminé leur championnat le 14 mai mais suivent tous les deux un programme d'entretien."

Les joueurs

Anthony Réveillère a fait six derniers mois très performants avec Lyon, étant souvent le déclencheur des actions offensives de son équipe.

Quand à Jérôme Rothen, je l'ai vu deux ou trois fois avec le Paris-SG. Il n'a pas encore retrouvé tout à fait son niveau mais il peut apporter quelque chose. Il est intéressant de le relancer, de le situer, de lui tendre la main.

Djibril Cissé effectue aussi son retour. Il sera en finale de l'UEFA Champions League demain, joue dans un grand club, Liverpool, et il est performant. Sans sa blessure, il aurait été dans le groupe cette année.

On a été rassuré également sur l'etat de santé de Mickaël Landreau qui pourrait jouer samedi le dernier match de la saison en L1 avec Nantes. Enfin Vikash Dhorasso a pris part aux deux dernières rencontres du Milan AC. Il s'entraîne bien et il est physiquement en forme."

Les absents

"J'ai décidé de laisser Willy Sagnol à la disposition du Bayern Münich, après m'être entretenu avec Uli Hoeness, le manager bavarois. Son club disputera le même jour un match face à l'équipe d'Allemagne pour l'inauguration du nouveau stade munichois, l'Allianz Arena. Thierry Henry est pour sa part blessé alors que Patrick Vieira se mariera le 28 mai."

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[lefutur]

Not a good call up for me. About time, the espoirs are given a chance. Some of those players have been tried and failed. Wiltord is a backward step for me. Wouldn’t it be more beneficial for the younger talent to come in? At least they can say that they tried.

I hear what you are saying but its time to get serious about qualifying for the WC. The upcoming games, especially the Ireland one, are crucial and its too late to be experimenting with inexperienced players. Wiltord has been solid for Les Bleus and will be useful as a sub when Henry gets well again.

My biggest worry is that Pires is not going to get called up in those games. Also where is Tezeguet for this one? Its nice to see Cissé back in the side and Djorassoo as well. There's alot of talent here despite the absence of Vieira and Henry. Lets see what they do.

[gaijin]

Just like when Erikksson decided to take a gamble and play Rooney, in the crucial game against the Turks in Sunderland a while back?

Domenech is playing the easy card and not being desicive enough for me.

[Dominique Rocheteau]

Trezeguet is on vacation

[lefutur]

I also like the fact that Reveillere is playing. For my money he's one of the more exciting defenders around. I watched a Lyon game recently and just about every touch he had he did something remarkable with. The Bleus can really use someone like him who can start the attack from the back.

[ilv2]

i hoped that domenech would call up Sebastien Frey for the gk position. It shouldn't be too problematic that his season ends 3 days before the friendly.

Does anyone know how he's doing at Parma and his current form, especially with the team in danger of relegation?

[guignol]

i think it's a good squad.

starting at the back, it's the best 6 france has. i can only hope we see gallas and boumsong in the middle and abidal and rvr on the wings. but the reason he gives for giving rvr the call instead of sagnol doesn't look good for what will follow.

the midfield is weak, dhorasoo is a favorite of mine, but when his is the one name that seems to shine, when viera getting married leaves the middle looking like a gust of wind could knock it down, it shows the group is really weak. unless pedretti and rothen get back to form, it will be auf wiedersehen!

up front it's the opposite. when you can be missing trez and terence and still have all that punch on the squad... wiltord a step back? well, he's on a return to the future kick too, hotter than a pistol lately.

as for frey, keeper is not a hot potato position. look at how barthez has got all the caps when coupet has clearly been the best keeper in L1 for 3 years. landreau on the bench is the only logical choice.

[lefutur]

the midfield is weak, dhorasoo is a favorite of mine, but when his is the one name that seems to shine, when viera getting married leaves the middle looking like a gust of wind could knock it down, it shows the group is really weak. unless pedretti and rothen get back to form, it will be auf wiedersehen!



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Which highlights the stupidity of excluding Pires at this stage of the game. Ok, you've tried out a few other players, Domenech, but stop f$cking around already. This midfield is desperately needing some attacking depth. We're not scoring goals because we have poor strikers...its because we dont have the creative buildup and playmaking capabilities of a veteran like Pires in the squad.

The media in France has been hounding him over this for months and he still wont give in. This is getting really frustrating!

[Vfbstuttgartfan]

This match is all about by how many goals you guys beat us.

Oh well, atleast its just a friendly :)

Bonne chance a tous les Francais, meme si vous n'aurez pas vraiment besoin.

[Nanbawan]

OK, you won, I'll think about visiting your beautiful country :D

[lefutur]

This match is all about by how many goals you guys beat us.

Oh well, atleast its just a friendly :)

Bonne chance a tous les Francais, meme si vous n'aurez pas vraiment besoin.

I didnt think anyone thought France could score anymore....

[fishbiproduct]

Grrrr...I'm trying to get RMC's webcast
but I can't get connected there... :mad:
http://www.rmcinfo.fr/
First time this happens, there...

What's up with that??
The "internets" is broken??
:D

Any other webcast anyone knows of?

[ilv2]

Grrrr...I'm trying to get RMC's webcast
but I can't get connected there... :mad:
http://www.rmcinfo.fr/

What's up with that??
The "internets" is broken??
:D

Any other webcast anyone knows of?

works for me

Stating Eleven:
G. Coupet
A. Réveillère
W. Gallas
J. Boumsong
E. Abidal
S. Wiltord
V. Dhorasoo
B. Pedretti
J. Rothen
F. Malouda
D. Cissé

Substitutes:
S. Govou
L. Giuly
A. Mavuba
A. Diarra
G. Givet
S. Squillaci
M. Landreau

[ilv2]

RMC:
"Raymond Domenech a composé un 4-3-3 très offensif avec Djibril Cissé en pointe. Florent Malouda et Sylvain Wilotrd joueront sur les ailes. Cinq Lyonnais figurent au sein du onze de départ."

[fishbiproduct]

works for me



Do you have a straight link to it?
Pop-up gets "stuck" at "connecting to
cache.yacast.fr..." blah-blah...

[ilv2]

http://cache.yacast.fr/V4/rmc/rmc_live_micro_V3.html

hope it works

[fishbiproduct]

http://cache.yacast.fr/V4/rmc/rmc_live_micro_V3.html

hope it works

Thank's but nope, no luck...
I get timed-out at this "cache.yacast.fr",
and I just checked, same with Europe 1
which also goes through cache.yacast.fr...
First time this happens...

[ilv2]

Cisse! Dix minutes!

1-0!!