I don't know why I'm surprised by these Raymond Domenech decisions anymore.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm not surprised by these Raymond Domenech decisions anymore.

Raymond lost a DM, a center/leftback, and a rightback this week to injury Lassana Diarra, Julien Escudé and Bakary Sagna.

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Luciano Spalletti, nella conferenza della vigilia di Bordeaux-Roma, fa il punto sulla partita di domani sera: «Il Bordeaux ha delle potenzialità da non sottovalutare -ha detto il tecnico giallorosso- e noi dovremo essere bravi ad interpretare l'incontro. Dovremo essere squadra, dimostrarci sicuri e convinti delle nostre qualità. Click to continue reading...

PHILIPPE NON HA PRESO BENE IL PAREGGIO

Mexes: «Così non va bene. Reagiamo!»

La delusione è stampata sul volto di Philippe Mexes che, lasciando
lo stadio,ha poca voglia di fermarsi davanti a microfoni e taccuini.
«Non possiamo accontentarci di un pareggio del genere,
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PARLA IL NUOVO ARRIVO,IN CAMPO 20 MINUTI
«Quel pallone m'ha fregato...»

Menez: «Sul gol sbagliato ho valutato male la traiettoria,
ma non sono preoccupato, sono qui da poco. Che tifosi...»

Forse se lo immaginava diverso il suo esordio allo stadio Olimpico.
Magari subentrando a risultato acquisito in uno stadio
intero pronto ad accoglierlo a braccia aperte, con i tifosi in visibilio
che non aspettavano altro che i suoi spunti e le sue giocate di
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Here's the list for our World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Austria. These games make me nervous. After watching Austria in Euros, I'm thinking that they especially are underrated and could deliver a shock. (Like they did in that friendly with Italy last week. As my co-blogger Chris said, they scored four goals!

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AS Roma Frenchmen Philippe Mexes got the phone call that makes your heart stop.

Mexes was at pre-season training camp when news came to him that his car was stolen from his driveway while his two-year-old daughter slept on the back seat.

Apparently Mexes' wife left the little girl in the car while she dashed inside carrying the couple's young son and the car thieves thought the car was theirs for the taking. Click to continue reading...

Roma defender Philippe Mexes and his family suffered a horrendous ordeal in Rome late last night, when armed thieves stole the player's car while his two-year-old daughter Eva slept in the back seat.
Car-jacking drama for Roma star Click to continue reading...

Italy 2-0 France
Au revoir, mes enfants. You got the feeling it wasn't going to be France's day when Franck Ribery had to go off injured after just 8 minutes, having messed up his ankle in by getting tangled up with Gianluca Zambrotta. Ribery has been one of the few bright spots for France in this tournament, although I do think that Samir Nasri, who came on as his replacement, deserved more playing time as well. Click to continue reading...

In the past couple of days I've stumbled on two great, heart-melting photos of France players who aren't going to Euros. Anybody else get a pain in their maternal area when you look at them?

(Guys, don't answer that.)

First, Djibril Cisse and his son Cassius.

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I think it's safe to say that most of us get a little frisson of concern when we think of Raymond relying on the old guard of William Gallas and Lilian Thuram as central defenders for the entire tournament. (Gallas less than Thuram. I adore Lilian, but Click to continue reading...