Hi guys, im making a serious research, for a book in a all-time world cup, which will be simulated in severous programs. And i need a public vote. I want to know from all of you France Fans, which are the best XI France of all time for you. (I'll be doing this in all the main National Teams) please, help me if you can. I let my vote here. Barthez Thuram-Desailly-Blanc-Bossis Deschamps-Tigana Platini-Zidane Kopa-Cantona Coach: Aime Jacquet.
My team (Names in parentheses are my second choice) Joel Bats Marius Tresor - Maxime Bossis - Blanc - Desailly (Thuram, ... perhaps Manuel Amoros) Luis fernandez - Jean Tigana (Patrick Viera or Emmanuel Petit) Platini - Zidane (Kopa) Dominique Rocheteau - Just Fontaine (Thierry Henry) Coach: Aime Jacquet
--Barthez-- --Thuram--Trésor--Desailly--Amoros-- --Tigana-- --Kopa--Platini--Zidane-- --Papin -- Fontaine-- Coach : Michel Hidalgo
Barthez Sagnol Desailly Thuram Vieira Makalele Deschamps Platini Zidane Fontaine Henry Coach: Jaquet
My 23 selection: Barthez Bats Lama Thuram Bossis Sagnol Desailly Blanc Trésor Amoros Lizarazu Deschamps Makélélé Giresse Platini Zidane Tigana Kopa Trezeguet Papin Henry Rocheteau Fontaine My team: ----------Barthez Sagnol Trésor Desailly Amoros -----Makélélé Deschamps Platini----------------Zidane ---Rocheteau Trezeguet
i'm perhaps too new to football to be able to really give a good opinion. for example i really can't say who should be up front among kopa, fontaine, papin, henry, trezeguet... but behind them there are two easy names: platini and zidane next you have to have vieira and deschamps for defenders the incontournables for me are thuram and desailly in goal it would have to be barthez for all his caps and the silverware that went with them, even if my personal favorite was lama. despite my high opinions of them, i don't see how you can pick either cantona or tigana: they don't have a dozen caps between them. that's only 7 names from me, but they're simply beyond discussion imho.
Guess what ? I completely agree with this ! bernard did not have the timing for him but what a GK ; the world splits in those who witnessed and remember the guy and others ! Really, I think it's something missing in the football galaxy that such a great and stylish player at his position won't be recognised with regard with his talent. Like Zidane, besides being very good at what he was supposed to do, 'Le Chat' really brought something more to the experience of watching a football game when at his best. Isn't this sad BTW ?
it's more than sad... lama was the greatest goalkeeper i ever saw play. 1v1 he seemed to just leap onto the approaching striker and eat him alive... the fear was on the other foot!
GK- Fabien Barthez RB- Lilian Thuram CB- Laurent Blanc CB- Marcel Desailly LB- Bixente Lizarazu DM- Patrick Viera CM- Zinédine Zidane AM- Raymond Kopa AM- Michel Platini SS- Thierry Henry CF- Just Fontaine Coach: Arsene Wenger *(if you can't tell I've created a rhombus in the offensive midfield, Zidane/Platini-Kopa/Henry)