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England should have a good defence. Our 4 best centre backs are all excellent: Terry, Ferdinand, Campbell, Woodgate. Woodgate, Ferdinand and Terry have all played well against Henry in the Premiership, while Campbell plays with him. Luckily for France and Henry, 3 of them are injured (!) so we must put our faith in an inexperienced young right-back in the heart of our defence.
Most of the French team play in England, we see them every week, we know what they are capable of and we know their weaknesses. Zidane and Trezeguet have apparently been on poor form for their clubs, whilst Pires will have to take on either Ashley Cole (his teammate at Arsenal) or Neville (who usually plays well against Pires for Man Utd). Henry will have to get past his Arsenal teammate Campbell, and Vieira will be battling with in-form Gerrard. King will be England's weakest link, but France have two old defenders in Lizarazu and Thuram which Owen could exploit, while Gallas, a centre back at Chelsea, could struggle at right back.
Zidane is the player I worry about because Gerrard might be too busy with Vieira/Makelele to pick him up, so we have to hope Scholes or Beckham come back sometimes and keep an eye on him. Hopefully Lampard can cause the French defence problems if he is given a bit of freedom.
Hopefully Barthez can get himself sent off 
Last edited by evil_bastard on Jun-13-2004 at 11:11
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