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Player Focus: Franck Ribéry - France's Man for the Big Occasion

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Player Focus: Franck Ribéry - France's Man for the Big Occasion The hype surrounding the fast-approaching World Cup playoffs has been primarily concerned with the guaranteed absence from the tournament next summer of one of the world's best players, with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal and Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Sweden playing for a single place in Brazil. Meanwhile,...

Player Focus: What’s Wrong with Karim Benzema?

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Player Focus: What’s Wrong with Karim Benzema? “Someone who’s a starter at Real Madrid can’t be as bad as that.” French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet made a few jaws drop with his frank assessment of Karim Benzema in the immediate aftermath of France’s tame goalless draw in Georgia. Yet desperate...

League Focus: The Ligue 1 Team of the Season

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League Focus: The Ligue 1 Team of the Season With the domestic calendar now brought to an end following the culmination of the La Liga season last weekend, it’s the preparation for the new campaign that teams across Europe will focus on for the summer. Be it strengthening the core of the team or adding that one player to move from a Euro...

National Team Focus: France, Italy, and Germany

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National Team Focus: France, Italy, and Germany As Europe's clubs take a break from competitive action, much like the players on international duty, WhoScored.com never rests! Having analysed the best available England and Spain XIs ahead of their mouthwatering showdown on Saturday from the squads selected, we compare the likes of France, Italy a...

Player Focus: A Chance he will not Giroud

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Player Focus: A Chance he will not Giroud In preparation for this weekend’s International friendlies the press gathered at Les Bleus Clairefontaine training complex to the normal rounds of questioning. For Montpellier forward Olivier Giroud this was a whole new experience; an experience that has been three years in the making.Montpell...

Albania 1-2 France: Yann M'Winna

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Albania 1-2 France: Yann M'Winna France took another step towards qualification for Euro 2012 in what turned out to be a hard faught victory in Tirana. Karim Benzema was involved in both the away sides goals, scoring the first and turning provider for the second. Erjon Bogdani’s 46th minute goal gave the home fans hope but in...

Why Yann M'Vila is Mr. Dependable for Rennes and France at Just 21

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Why Yann M'Vila is Mr. Dependable for Rennes and France at Just 21 The beautiful area of Brittany will welcome Red Star Belgrade to the Stade de route de Lorient this evening as Rennes try to protect an excellent first leg result and confirm passage to the Europa League Group Stage.Goals from Jonathan Pitroipa and Victor Hugo Montano, having gone behind to a Mendes...

WhoScored.com's France National Dream Team XI

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WhoScored.com's France National Dream Team XI Laurent Blanc leads his France side to Montpellier to take on an exciting Chile side, that reached the quarterfinals of the Copa America, in a friendly on Wednesday night. Under his guidance Blanc has tried to mix the experienced internationals with some of Ligue 1’s most talented players incl...