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Euro 2008 Preview - France

May 28, 2008

The France sqaud has two noticable absenteces Djibril Cisse and Mathieu Flamini. Cisse was recently booed by France fans in a friendly and Flamini hasn’t seen much action since deciding to depart Arsenal for AC Milan. St Etienne striker Bafetimbi Gomis managed to grab a placed in the squad after scoring twice against Ecuador on his debut on Tuesday.

Already out of the squad is Juventus striker David Trezeguet. Chelsea have a good representation
in the squad with Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka. Manchester United have Patrice Evra, Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra and Arsenal’s captain William Gallas.

France will have to get past Italy and Netherlands in the group. They have the best start with a game against Romania. They have been placed as fifth favourites odds at 8/1.

France Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Marseille)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon)

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Samir Nasri (Marseille), Florent Malouda (Chelsea)

Strikers: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Sidney Govou (Lyon),

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Written by JPC · Filed Under Euro 2008 


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