Les Bleus @ Euro 2012

[andu]

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Group phase:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


Calendar:

France vs England
11 June 2012, 19:00, Donbass Arena, Donetsk

Ukraine vs France
15 June 2012, 19:00, Donbass Arena, Donetsk

Sweden vs France
19 June 2012, 21:45, Olympic Stadium, Kiev


Knock-out phase tree:

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Current squad, according to Wiki:

1 GK Hugo Lloris (age 24) 30 0 Lyon
16 GK Steve Mandanda (age 26) 14 0 Marseille
23 GK Cédric Carrasso (age 29) 1 0 Bordeaux

2 DF Mathieu Debuchy (age 26) 2 0 Lille
3 DF Jérémy Mathieu (age 28) 1 0 Valencia
4 DF Adil Rami (age 25) 16 0 Valencia
5 DF Laurent Koscielny (age 26) 1 0 Arsenal
12 DF Mamadou Sakho (age 21) 5 0 Paris Saint-Germain
13 DF Anthony Réveillère (age 32) 16 1 Lyon
22 DF Éric Abidal (age 32) 60 0 Barcelona

6 MF Yohan Cabaye (age 25) 9 0 Newcastle United
7 MF Franck Ribéry (age 28) 56 7 Bayern Munich
8 MF Marvin Martin (age 23) 9 2 Sochaux
11 MF Maxime Gonalons (age 22) 2 0 Lyon
15 MF Florent Malouda (age 31) 73 7 Chelsea
17 MF Yann M'Vila (age 21) 17 1 Rennes
18 MF Alou Diarra (age 30) 37 0 Marseille

9 FW Olivier Giroud (age 25) 2 0 Montpellier
10 FW Karim Benzema (age 23) 42 13 Real Madrid
14 FW Jérémy Menez (age 24) 9 0 Paris Saint-Germain
20 FW Kévin Gameiro (age 24) 8 1 Paris Saint-Germain
21 FW Loïc Rémy (age 24) 17 4 Marseille



Comments, opinions?

[ajdw]

I think France has a really good chance of going really far, they have a lot of fantastic players all over the field and a sane coach, still have Nasri, Gourcuff, Diaby, Sagna, Evra, Mexes to consider...I think Koscielny though he only has the 1 cap will be a very important player, as well M'vila, Ribery, Benzema. But the biggest factor will be their togetherness imo. Hope they stay together as a team because there's real potential.

[andu]

I agree. The talent available should make France contend for a semifinal, IMO. This would need topping group D and overcoming the second placed team in group C.
This will also be Blanc's first appearance at a final tournament as a coach, I'll be curios to see how he approaches it (from a managerial point of view).
A tournament with a French team in good shape is always memorable (see WC 1982, 1998 and 2006, and Euro 1984 and 2000).

[TheLionLyon]

Squad will be as follows barring any injuries:

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Cedric Carrasso

Defenders: Eric Abidal, Patrice Evra, Adil Rami, Bacary Sagna, Anthony Réveillère, Mamadou Sakho, Philippe Mexès

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye, Samir Nasri, Yann M'Vila, Florent Malouda, Alou Diarra, Franck Ribery, Marvin Martin, Jeremy Menez

Forwards: Karim Benzema, Loic Remy, Kevin Gameiro

The final two spots will be a backup CB; either Younes Kaboul or Laurent Kolscielny. Blanc has yet to decide on which, though Kos has the advantage. And the final spot will go to a backup striker. Probably Giroud or Hoarau or a striker on form towards the end of the season like Gomis. Giroud is currently the favorite of the three though. There will be only two wildcards and they are Hatem Ben Arfa and Yoann Gourcuff. If they are on form and playing regularly by the end of the season, I can see them replacing anyone of Martin/Menez/Malouda especially if the latter isn't playing regularly.

[deviant]

Malouda hasnt even played that much, Hatem deserves to be there more than him.

[ajdw]

Squad will be as follows barring any injuries:

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Cedric Carrasso

Defenders: Eric Abidal, Patrice Evra, Adil Rami, Bacary Sagna, Anthony Réveillère, Mamadou Sakho, Philippe Mexès

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye, Samir Nasri, Yann M'Vila, Florent Malouda, Alou Diarra, Franck Ribery, Marvin Martin, Jeremy Menez

Forwards: Karim Benzema, Loic Remy, Kevin Gameiro

The final two spots will be a backup CB; either Younes Kaboul or Laurent Kolscielny. Blanc has yet to decide on which, though Kos has the advantage. And the final spot will go to a backup striker. Probably Giroud or Hoarau or a striker on form towards the end of the season like Gomis. Giroud is currently the favorite of the three though. There will be only two wildcards and they are Hatem Ben Arfa and Yoann Gourcuff. If they are on form and playing regularly by the end of the season, I can see them replacing anyone of Martin/Menez/Malouda especially if the latter isn't playing regularly.

Both Kaboul and Koscielny have been brilliant so far this season hope they both make the squad but there're so much players there who can fill in at cb...really hope to see Gourcuff and Giroud as well. Also Debuchy and Mathieu looked really good maybe they can get in ahead of Evra and Réveillère?

[ajdw]

Hugo LLORIS (Lyon), Steve MANDANDA (Marseille), Cedric CARRASSO (Bordeaux)

DEFENDERS

Gael CLICHY (Manchester City), Mathieu DEBUCHY (Lille), Patrice EVRA (Manchester United), Younes KABOUL (Tottenham), Laurent KOSCIELNY (Arsenal), Philippe MEXES (Milan), Anthony REVEILLERE (Lyon), Mapou YANGA M’BIWA (Montpellier)

MIDFIELD

Yohan CABAYE (Newcastle United), Alou DIARRA (Marseille), Yoann GOURCUFF (Lyon), Yann M’VILA (Rennes), Florent MALOUDA (Chelsea), Marvin MARTIN (Sochaux), Blaise MATUIDI (Paris Saint-Germain), Samir NASRI (Manchester City)

FORWARDS

Hatem BEN ARFA (Newcastle United), Karim BENZEMA (Real Madrid), Olivier GIROUD (Montpellier), Jeremy MENEZ (Paris Saint-Germain), Loic REMY (Marseille), Franck RIBERY (Bayern Munich), Mathieu VALBUENA (Marseille)

Would have loved to see Capoue and Sakho in the squad at least for the warm up matches. Also why hasn't Lass gotten a call?

Kaboul and Remy are injured, so that's two names off the squad. Who will be the other two?

Edit: Players omitted are Kaboul, Remy, Yanga-M’biwa and Gourcuff

Only 2 real Strikers and 3 CBs