(Good news for those of us in the USA: The game will be televised (en vivo!) on channel GolTV.) This game marks the start of a difficult run of games: home to Sevilla, away to Barcelona, home to Real, and away to Villarreal. STARTING 11: Coupet; Seitaridis, Ujfalusi, Perea, Antonio López; Raúl García, Éver, Maxi, Luis García; [. Click to continue reading...

  Another masterful, comfortable victory in front of the Atleti Faithful Coupet; Seitaridis, Ujfalusi, Perea, Antonio López; Maniche (Éver 68'), Raul García, Simão (Luis García 56'), Maxi; Sinama-Pongolle & Kun Agüero (Miguel 60') GOALS 8′ Agüero, set-piece taken by Simao. 52′ Maniche, incredible effort. Click to continue reading...

Wow, a huge upset in the first round of European World Cup qualifiers as Austria beat France 3-1. When you look at those lineups, there is no way that France should not at least have come out of Vienna without a draw, and even that would have to be considered an upset. I am sure that the pressure is now squarely on Raymond Domenech, but it really should be on the French FA for keeping Domenech after the debacle that was the French performance at Euro 2008. Click to continue reading...

Domenech has got rid of the old and brought in new young talent into the squad for the friendly against Sweden in preparation for the first game in the qualification for the 2010World Cup. Veteran Goalkeeper Coupet has been dropped from the squad after a poor showing at Euro 2008conceeding 6 ... Click to continue reading...

                                                                                                                               The 08/09 Premier League season will start up this weekend and undoubtedly many of us will be keeping an eye out on that, in terms of build-up. Click to continue reading...

I'm back from hot, hot, hot Florida. Last Pre-season friendly: Rayo 2 Atlético 4 I didn't watch it, but apparently Maxi had a great game as did Ujfalusi. Poor positioning by Leo Franco led to the second goal. CHAMPIONS Aguirre submitted this squad for our Champions clash against Schalke: GK: Leo Franco, Coupet, Ángel Bernabé. Click to continue reading...

Another Frenchman! According to Lyon's official website, Grégory Coupet signed a 2-season contract worth 1.5 million euros with us. There is an additional 500,000 available in the contract if we qualify for Champions this season and in 09/10. I think he's another good addition to the squad and will prove to be of better quality than [. Click to continue reading...

France kick off their Euro 2008 campaign against Adrian Mutu's Romania on Monday, June 9, 2008 in Zurich. Mutu, in form for his country during Euro 2008 qualifiers, is a goal-scoring threat, but France's defense should keep a clean sheet.

Wicked Deflection hereby reveals it's predicted first 11 for France against Romania. Click to continue reading...