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Posted by noikeee on Jun-08-2008 21:09:

[Group C] Romania - France

First game of the "group of death". Romania have a good team but will have to face 3 better ones (in theory), with France being the first.

These games against Romania are going to be decisive, as whoever loses points to them will be at a big disadvantage for going through. This will also be a good way to measure exactly how good are France - they have brilliant individual players, but can they look as impressive as Portugal yesterday or Germany today?

Posted by The_G0dfather on Jun-08-2008 21:27:

1-0

Posted by RapidFire on Jun-09-2008 05:56:

lets hope France are over the habbit of slow tournament starts because this group is crucial. their first wc group was a joke compared to this so they can`t afford to take it easy right from the start. allez les blues!!

Posted by Meat187 on Jun-09-2008 10:35:

I so want Romania and The Netherlands to advance from this group, but it probably won't happen.

Posted by verndogs on Jun-09-2008 11:57:

I say les bleus wake up and it's 2-0.

Posted by nchs09 on Jun-09-2008 12:25:

France 2-0

Posted by GoSpeedGo! on Jun-09-2008 13:12:

2-2

Posted by TranceGiant on Jun-09-2008 13:57:

0-0

Posted by PEZ68 on Jun-09-2008 14:14:

Fuck, I will miss it as I won't leave the office before half-time

I don't really know what to think about this game. Last competitions showed that we always sucks at opening games :/

I predict a hard win for us, with 2 late goals.

Posted by bas on Jun-09-2008 16:00:

Here we go!

I really need Evra and/or Nasri subbed into this game for my fantasy squad lol

Posted by trunks1022 on Jun-09-2008 16:22:

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Originally posted by bas
Here we go!

I really need Evra and/or Nasri subbed into this game for my fantasy squad lol

haha oops, bench

Posted by denys envy on Jun-09-2008 16:51:

They look pretty even so far... France needs more creativity in attack, Anelka looks slow.

Posted by The_G0dfather on Jun-09-2008 17:06:

i just saw Henry with a green jersey in half time.

Did he start with Anelka and not Henry ?

How many strikers up front in the french squad?

Posted by noikeee on Jun-09-2008 17:21:

Anelka and Benzema upfront. Henry hasn't come in yet.

Posted by noikeee on Jun-09-2008 17:30:

And now Anelka is replaced by... Gomis.

Seems like Henry is now their 4th option for a striker, lol. Maybe he has physical problems or something.

Posted by bas on Jun-09-2008 17:35:

Henri failed a physical this morning, he won't be in for today.

Posted by Vitek06 on Jun-09-2008 17:38:

what a shitty game!!!

Posted by bas on Jun-09-2008 17:52:

Wow that was boring.

Posted by Zayatz on Jun-09-2008 17:55:

Super-boring. I wish I didn't watch this bullshit

Posted by PEZ68 on Jun-09-2008 17:58:

Awful, awful, awful

Posted by The_G0dfather on Jun-09-2008 17:59:

If i were a france supporter, I would have wanted to have win this game, considering the other opponents in this group...

Posted by TranceGiant on Jun-09-2008 18:00:

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Originally posted by TranceGiant
0-0

Heh, fucking knew it.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jun-09-2008 18:15:

Watching this game strengthens my belief that Domenech is an idiot of a coach. Why were France playing two defensive midfielders against Romania? Everyone knew the Romanians would sit behind the ball and be defensive, so why he needed the cover of two defensive midfielders baffles me. And then, when France needed some creation, he brings on Nasri for a striker! After 75 minutes you'd think it'd become clear that Makelele and Toulalan weren't needed and one could go off for a creative player. He also played Abidal, who did shit-all, over Evra who would have attacked down the left at every opportunity.

On the other hand, Romania actually look pretty strong. They have some good talent with Mutu, Chivu, Dica and so forth, and defensively they were rock solid. They might really complicate this group.

Posted by noikeee on Jun-09-2008 18:38:

Well, France were pretty much playing a 4-2-4 except the guys that were wingers in theory, were helping the midfield. You can't really play this tactic with a single defensive midfielder, the midfield becomes far too weak. A good alternative would have been a 4-4-2 diamond... without one of the wingers and one of the DMs, entering Nasri and another midfielder.

I agree with you on Evra. Cosmin Contra could've been a fairly dangerous player down that romanian right wing but he really didn't do anything and placing Abidal there to stop him proved to be unnecessary.

France has had a big tactical problem for a while, and it didn't start with the replacement of Zidane, remember they were a bit lost at the beginning of the world cup as they couldn't find a way for all those players to fit.

And yes, Romania aren't bad at all. I've been saying since the beginning that in another group, they could be a surprise. Don't think they are going through but Holland and Italy will have problems against them.

Posted by denys envy on Jun-09-2008 18:41:

To be fair, France was relatively lackluster in the first round of the World Cup in 2006. Using similar tactics they did today, turning it on in the 2nd round through to the final... And it worked for them then.

Romania is a tough defensive team, not scoring against them is not the end of the world.

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