France v China (June 7) [R]

[BenP]

Brings in Ribery - right away, makes a difference.

At the very least, they need Wiltord. There is NO ONE playing on the right above Sagnol. Viera must be sacrificed.

[Ballon d'or Identity]

Ok Ribery just got in.
I think it's clear from the one chance he made for Henry he better play then Vieira

I hope les bleus aren't playing full throttle, cause if we do...on est mal

[ilv2]

lol pretty much. but that said it doesn't mean patty doesn't have a place in the starting 11. You just can't play him out wide.

corner, collected easily by the chinese GK.

[ilv2]

another fantastic run by ribery down the left flank to cross...too bad the cross couldn't find anyone.

[Ballon d'or Identity]

Brings in Ribery - right away, makes a difference.

At the very least, they need Wiltord. There is NO ONE playing on the right above Sagnol. Viera must be sacrificed.
Ok, another break through from Ribery.
I hope Domenech has his glasses on and his eyes wide open cause Viera doesn't do it anymore.

[ilv2]

10 minutes to avoid a draw against china :(

[adrianshan13]

tell you what , only 3 player of Chinese starting lineups are the usual starting players ... all the other 8 are bench , and some of them hardly gets a chance to start in Chinese league

meanwhile france starts with its usual 11

so we Chinese fans would accept such a score like 10:1 which is impossible now

the french team lacks good side players, hope giuly can sub for cisse
and zizou is getting too old for this

and I don't know about Cisse's leg , I would say Zheng kicked it, but his leg sure has a problem, it's the exact same way how he broke his leg last time ,I still have that horrible picture. But anyhow ,that wasn't a rough tackle, it won't break my leg.

and making fun of Asian names is totally racist

[ilv2]

Trez off for Wiltord

THANK YOU

[ruudgullit]

Ok, another break through from Ribery.
I hope Domenech has his glasses on and his eyes wide open cause Viera doesn't do it anymore.

You've got Makelele filling the roll and covering for Zidane. No reason to hold onto Viera....a little more creativity/wide play would be a good thing. Maybe Ribery could be the revelation that Henry was in 98?

[ilv2]

FK in a great position.

wasted.

[sl7vk]

and making fun of Asian names is totally racist

Take it easy long wong.

[Ballon d'or Identity]

tell you what , only 3 player of Chinese starting lineups are the usual starting players ... all the other 8 are bench , and some of them hardly gets a chance to start in Chinese league

meanwhile france starts with its usual 11


Well adrian, you've totally reassured me here. Thank you very much:eek:

[Ballon d'or Identity]

You've got Makelele filling the roll and covering for Zidane. No reason to hold onto Viera....a little more creativity/wide play would be a good thing. Maybe Ribery could be the revelation that Henry was in 98?
We are so not good

[ilv2]

But!!!!!

fantastic cross and play from Ribery
finished by the chinese defender in the upper corner!

[Ballon d'or Identity]

LOL, did you see that own goal ? Beautiful

And so we're going to win thanks to an own goal :(

[BenP]

Own goal!! Nice play by guess who in the build up.

[ilv2]

TTITI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but

RIBERY RIBERY RIBERY!!

[Ballon d'or Identity]

LOL, did you see that own goal ? Beautiful

And so we're going to win thanks to an own goal :(

Ok 3-1
another Ribery action, another goal.
If he doesn't start with that at the world cup, i don't get it

[BenP]

3 - 1. Pretty nice build up. Ribery intregal again.

Not too good a performance though. I suppose better now than in a week.

[ilv2]

great 1-2 between Ribery and Zizou, GK comes out to clear, ball falls to Henry who finishes from long range.