International Results
By: Inara | March 26th, 2008International “day” is over, so Alain Perrin can breath a sigh of relief as his players can now turn their attention back to Lyon and their march towards the double. Though Karim Benzema had to drop out due to injury, 16 senior players were called away on international duty, as well as several other youth players.
Against Mali, Jean-Alain Boumsong captained the A’ team. Mathieu Bodmer, who also started, played very well. Anthony Reveillere and Hatem Ben Arfa were brought in at the start of the second half while Sebastien Squillaci did not play. Loic Remy, on loan to Lens, was also a second half sub.
Against England, Gregory Coupet, Francois Clerc, and Jeremy Toulalan started in the A team while Sidney Govou came on for David Trezeguet in the second half. Coupet had a quiet match, Toulalan was the most dominant midfielder on both sides, and Clerc was solid. He was the guy who sent that lovely through ball to Nicolas Anelka, which eventually led to the game-winning penalty.
Kim Kallstrom started against Brazil. He had a solid match and came close to scoring when his left-foot shot sailed inches wide of the woodwork.
Fabio Grosso started and played the full ninety minutes against Spain. According to reports, he was one of the better of the night.
Milan Baros started game against Denmark. He had a quiet match and was replaced early in the second half.
Kader Keita participated in the friendly against Tunisia. A detailed match report is yet to be available.
Sandy Paillot, in his first appearance for the U21 team, started in their match against the Czech Republic.
Romain Dedola, Jérémy Pied, Maxime Gonalons participated in the the U19 match against the Republic of Ireland.
Sebastien Faure, Enzo Reale, Clement Grenier, Alexandre Lacazette, and Yannis Tafer participated in the U17’s match against England.
Results:
France - Mali (3-2)
France - England (1-0)
Sweden - Brazil (0-1)
Spain - Italy (1-0)
Denmark - Czech Republic (1-1)
Ivory Coast - Tunisia (0-2)
France U21 - Czech Republic (4-1)
Republic of Ireland - France U19 (0-3)
France U17 - England (1-1)
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in regards to Mr. Grosso — you mean Italy’s friendly against Spain?.
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Yup, thanks for point that out. It’s fixed now.
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And Trezeuget was pretty much invisible. Domenech very reluctantly shook his hand when he came off. He did himself no favours last night if hes hoping for reselection.
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Trezeguet was invisible but got a massive cheer from the crowd when he came off, and Govou was booed for some reason?? That’s the French I spose. lol
Grosso was absolutely brilliant against Spain, how come he’s so good with Italy?? Probably ’cause of the other defenders with him.
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You’re probably right, Ush.
With Lyon, Grosso is much better since the return of Cris.
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I don’t now why everyone booed when Govou comes in the game. Maybe because he play for Lyon, and game was in Paris? For Grosso I have good opinion. He is good. Maybe he have lot of space for attacking sprints, because Cris is better player than Andersson, and he is player in who you have trust.
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Fullbacks feel safer to move foward when the centre half inside them is solid and can cover. Hmm, I think Lyon should have a look at Barzagli for the summer!
In other news, Crosas wants back to Barca eventually despite liking Lyon:
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You have wright Ush, but Lyon, in case that they buy Barzagli, must throw out one or two central defenders. I think that Muller is out if Barzagli or even Garay from Racing cameto Lyon.
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Garay isn’t going to happen and neither is Barzagli. Toulalan and Clerc played really well yesterday. Govou ran through the whole england defence at one point…only to have his pass intercepted. Toulalan is learning a lot from the internationals, he went up a lot more than usual and contributed a lot to the play. If we get another Defensive Mid, I wouldn’t mind seeing a 4-2-2-2 or 4-2-3-1 in the future. It would lessen his defensive duties and we could really use the extra midfielder in building play in the opposite end.
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Sidney Govou: As much as Lyon fans like Govou, he has less admirers across France, many of whom think he’s an underwhelming player who hasn’t contributed much to Les Bleus besides those two goals he scored against Italy last year.
Ush: Yeah, I saw that Crosas interview. Then I saw the original in Spanish. What he actually said was that Barca has always been his dream and he’d love to make a career there. Which makes sense because he’s a youth product from one of the best clubs in the world in probably the best league in the world, and he grew up worshiping all the players. But what he also said was that if he had to make a career anywhere other than Barca, it would be Lyon.
http://www.abc.es/20080327/deportes-futbol/marc-crosas-pocos-hecho_200803271702.html
rougebleu: I agree, I think Lyon jumped on the boat too late for those players. With the huge clubs interested in them, Lyon can’t compete. About the France-England game, Toulalan was great as usual - Paul Doyle at the guardian named him MotM, and Skysports said he “oozed class.” But I’m not really surprised to see him play like that anymore, and should Vieira get injured - again - Toulalan seems to be the automatic first choice.
Clerc’s match was more surprising, in a good way. He’s been getting better and better, though of course he has room for improvement. Domenech has been selecting Clerc for almost two years now, and despite the recent explosion of Bakary Sagna, Domenech seems to prefer Clerc. That made a lot of people - including me - wonder because Sagna seems to be a much better player at the moment. But Clerc’s game has taking an added dimension in recent months, and you can tell that he’s getting more and more confident about involving himself in play. I still don’t think he’s as explosive or as dangerous as Sagna, but it’s become apparent that Clerc is definitely good enough to be Sagnol’s backup. I also think that while Clerc will keep on improving because he has yet to reach the peak of his potential, Sagna is where he will always be, and from now on, it’s just an accumulation of experience. So really the question is, by the time Sagnol retires, who will be better? Clerc or Sagna? It could also simply be a matter of who the other players work better with. And given Clerc’s ability to play anywhere on the right side, it’s a mark in his favor because we all know how much Domenech loves versatility.
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Also, I wanted to point out the new design at the top of the page, which organizes the club blogs much better. But what it also shows is that we need more French bloggers!! Bordeaux, Nice, Monaco, Toulouse, Nancy, etc. Surely they have some fans?
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Yes it’s true. Maybe Lyon can’t compare with Milan or Real M. and competition with them in market, but both of that gigants destroy young players. Exmp. Gourcuff who came from Rennes to Milan. Milan destroy him. He was future of French football, and what he si now? He is on bench always, maybe he gets 10 or 15 minutes to play. Marseille wants him, but OLM is can’t won a domestic tittle, and I’am sure that Gourcuff want to wins tittle. I’am not said that he must go to Lyon, but I prefered more Bordeaux, who has good team, or even Lille, the team who must get an attacking player. And for the all fans of Lyon, Perrin says : We go to defeat both Valenciennes and Marseille. Let’s hope he said right words.
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Inara you are very beautyfull girl ( that’s a compliment ). And why are you chose Lyon infront of other big clubs like Chelsea, Inter ect.?
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I agree with Garay not a chance because Real Madrid want him. But Barzagli I dunno. There is bigger clubs interested but I wonder if Grosso being at Lyon would have any sway? Are Juventus really THAT big a club still?
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Yeah, Garay right now is headed to Barca, but he hasnt agreed personal terms yet. The press makes this out as a big deal, but during the season players dont like to talk about contracts to distract them from playing, so in all likely hood he moves to Barca. If not, he will go to Liverpool, Real dropped there interest and if he did move to Real the Ultra Sur would be terrible on the guy, it wouldnt be worth it. He is like Gabi Milito, we passed on him foolishly and will pay for it in the end. Lyon should look for someone a little cheaper, but with Toto, Cris, Muller and Anderson back from injury and Paillot coming back from loan, someone must be sold before we buy a center back. And it better not be Paillot!
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Don’t forget Boumsong. And isn’t Barca trying to sign Collocini aswell? Well Paillot’s not getting a look-in, Anderson should definitely be sold, wouldn’t be sure how much is left in Muller either.
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