France v China (June 7) [R]

[schafer]

Shame about Cisse, two broken legs within the space of 2 years, unreal. It's not like France doesn't have enough quality to replace him (provided Domenech can swallow his pride, although it seems more likely that Cisse will be fit), but that just sucks for Cisse.

[lefutur]

If Domenech doesn't have the guts to call Anelka or Giuly then he doesn't deserve to manage a high school team nevermind the French national team!

P.S. If he calls up Govou I will sh*t myself

[adrianshan13]

this is what really happened ,it was not a harsh tackle
it was the left leg,now the right one
http://album.sina.com.cn/pic/46e815bb020004l1

[Elisa Uranga]

We need Guily is great on the wings for Barca.

[midknight]

this is what really happened ,it was not a harsh tackle
it was the left leg,now the right one
http://album.sina.com.cn/pic/46e815bb020004l1

the problem is that most people don't seem to realise that this isn't where he broke his leg...the bone only snapped when he landed, and because of how he landed. the tackle was extrememly anodin in my opinion and if you're going to rail on the defender for tackling when the ball "wasn't near" (he actually got tied up more than anything trying to keep pace with djibril) you may as well just put a net between the two teams and let them take turns taking potshots at each other's goals...

As far as i'm concerned, this is another 'freak' accident. That said, i stil believe there has to be a patent flaw in how he runs (places his feet) or a congenital weakness in his bone structure for that to happen twice...I don't like Djibril but I must say thats a pretty hard thing to suffer under any circumstances, nevermind the World Cup being 2 days away

[Benvolio]

the problem is that most people don't seem to realise that this isn't where he broke his leg...the bone only snapped when he landed, and because of how he landed. the tackle was extrememly anodin in my opinion and if you're going to rail on the defender for tackling when the ball "wasn't near" (he actually got tied up more than anything trying to keep pace with djibril) you may as well just put a net between the two teams and let them take turns taking potshots at each other's goals...

As far as i'm concerned, this is another 'freak' accident. That said, i stil believe there has to be a patent flaw in how he runs (places his feet) or a congenital weakness in his bone structure for that to happen twice...I don't like Djibril but I must say thats a pretty hard thing to suffer under any circumstances, nevermind the World Cup being 2 days away
I'm sorry to bust in here with no links to the French NT and all, but the tackle on Cisse today was a bad one. Being a defender myself, I can relate to how the Chinese fella has gone for the ball, hoping to get a bit of the player as well, whilst trying to catch up with the speedy Cisse. As the image clearly shows, the ball is on the right side of cisse, and the Chinese player is on the left, so any attempt to play the ball will result in the player, in this case Cisse, being caught in between, almost like a tackle from behind.

And in reference to how the bone was broke, unless Cisse had suddenly taken the characteristics of Stretch Armstrong, you can see in the image that the leg breaks on impact with the Chinese players leg. The image shows the leg at a funny angle already, aka broken so blaming it on Cisse's running style's or landing technique's or freak accident's is wrong.

This incident is remarkably similar to that of a year and a half ago when his left leg as broken. The defender trying to catch up with Cisse attempts to take the ball and the player and unfortunately catches the midpoint of the Tibia/Fibula bones, where it is weakest, causing a fracture. Not sure what the case is here, but last time it was a clean double tib/fib break, hence the speedy recovery.

He has done remarkably well to set foot on the pitch again after the last time, not only due to the physical damage but psychologically, I know players who have suffered the same and fear playing again because of any reprocutions. I wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see the Cisse who used to break the net with Auxerre ASAP!

[gaijin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abjbpJddwf4

Nothing in it, he just landed akwardly, the Chinese defender hardly put a foot in.

Innocuous really.

[Nanbawan]

Nothing in it, he just landed akwardly, the Chinese defender hardly put a foot in.

Innocuous really.

For me it's both combined, the Chinese leg withdrew a degree of freedom of movement for Cissé as he was falling. Yet, no bad intent for the tackle, just another misjudged ill timed attempt to stop a running striker. Life's a bitch...

[ilv2]

dude i'm going to throw up. i can't keep watching that leg snap

[lad1509]

Thats freaking sad!! ohh my god.. poor guy, this video is brutal.
i feel so bad for him.

[JuanPeron]

I have no links to France as well put your leg breaks under the "right" force, no matter how much milk you drink.

The second break happened after he landed. The first break happened with the defender hitting the back of his leg. The leg has two bones. One can't work without the other even if the shin carries most of the weight. The break was more visible when the foot hit the ground.

The leg got caught in the ground also. Thats what makes it confusing.

[matabala]

Your argument makes no sense . There isn't any single excuse for insulting anyone except if they happen to hurt you. This is foolish and immature behaviour and nothing else. What if YOU experienced the same injury???

You never watch les Guignols on C+.

[gazzad_5]

dude i'm going to throw up. i can't keep watching that leg snap
then dont

i think its a terrible injury again for cisse, poor guy. doesnt seem as bad as this one tho
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40477000/jpg/_40477411_cisse_break270gi.jpg

[Benvolio]

Guys you've got it all wrong, the contact from the Chinese player broke Cisse's leg, look at the image posted by Adrianshan13, you can see the contatct causes his leg to break. The way he lands is due to his leg being broken, he tries to avoid utting pressure on it, and the mere force fo the Chinese player's tackle put's him on his a$$. Play it through your heads, look at how he lands. He lands awkwardly because his leg is already broken, his studs get caught in the ground after the break.

[guignol]

What is the point of playing a team like China at this stage of the preperation?!?to have an easy opponent to fine tune things and get teamwork and rhythm without having to suffer in the process. togo for example played some german amateur team.

but it didn't work out that way, did it? :(

[guignol]

Is it just me , or is sagnol getting booed everytime he touches the ball??they started by cheering him (he's an ex vert) but in the second half he was definitely getting whistles, i can only imagine it was because he was playing so poorly. i had a feeling he was even getting the ball away on one touch to avoid getting razzed at the end!

[guignol]

Why no subs!!good question. it's clear zidane was out of juice from about the 60th minute. abidal and malouda were also pooped, even a TGV like abidal can only make so many long runs to cover what no one else seems interested in. but since the whole idea is to have the starters play together as much as possible and develop automatisms, raymond la science played them beyond knackered. the bad news is that even if he was better than previously, zidane is clearly incapable of holding up 90 minutes. he saved up energy to pull out little sequences right to the end, but the little red light was on from about 60' on.

[guignol]

Ok 3-1
another Ribery action, another goal.
If he doesn't start with that at the world cup, i don't get ityes, dazzling stuff. but just because he brings in lots of freshness and vavavavoom in the last 20 minutes against china and denmark, don't expect 90 minutes if the same if he starts. and even less against argentina, italy, germany...

[guignol]

If Cisse's injury is serious, who will France bring as a replacement. Anelka, Pires, Guily, or someone else from Ligue 1?well, since he didn't offer them any explanation about his decisions, or even ask them to remain prepared in case of injury, i think the choices are more like marlet, laslandes, moussilou... bravo raymond!

[guignol]

the problem is that most people don't seem to realise that this isn't where he broke his leg...the bone only snapped when he landed, and because of how he landed. the tackle was extrememly anodin in my opinion and if you're going to rail on the defender for tackling when the ball "wasn't near" (he actually got tied up more than anything trying to keep pace with djibril)yes, the defender did nothing dirty, their legs got tangled. but looking at it on real tv, it looks pretty clear the bone breaks on contact between the two legs, not when hitting the ground.