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France x England (Group B, 13 June) (pg. 2)
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| evil_bastard |
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 :D |
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| Blik |
Do you know if BBC broadcasts this match? I want to see this match on English television instead on Dutch television
1-2 for France |
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| Simcut |
DAMN, someone support England! Anti-English scum ;-) :D
I'd say 2-2 draw tho personally. |
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| evil_bastard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blik
Do you know if BBC broadcasts this match? I want to see this match on English television instead on Dutch television
1-2 for France |
It's live on ITV1 ( www.itv.com ), BBC1 only have the highlights. |
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| Blik |
| quote: | Originally posted by evil_bastard
It's live on ITV1 ( www.itv.com ), BBC1 only have the highlights. |
that sucks, John Motson rules |
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| Incantation_UK |
| Can't wait for this game. The midfield battle is gonna be extremely interesting. Gerrard and Lampard have both been in scincillating (sp) this season and I'm sure they'll do well. We do have King replacing Terry in defence but I'm sure he'll do alright. He's partnered by Campbell who knows Henry better than any other defender in the world and when Arsenal and Tottenham played during the season King was not embarassed by any means. It's going to be a huge game though whatever! |
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| RubiK Cube |
Its fair enought that France has an excellent team but u always have to take into acount how well England do in the big games - Argentina WC 2002, Germany WCQ 2001, Holland Euro 96 etc
Its gona be 2-1 England |
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| Trance4maniac |
| For France will be important so see, in which form will be Zidane after his last games for Real. Smells like a tie for me. |
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| Simcut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blik
that sucks, John Motson rules |
sometimes yes, sometimes he drives me mental, tempting fate :| |
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| Plastick |
France :)
Im no france supporter, just dislike england as a team. |
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| Dmatrox |
| Ill be watching this :D starts in about 1.5 hours |
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| imokruok |
Switzerland and Croatia's over. The big cricket test is over. The Grand Prix in Montreal is almost over. Le Mans is over.
Bring on FRANCE v. ENGLAND!! |
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