The French coach Raymond Domenech presented a list with 30 players selected for the EURO 2008. Eight of the thirty footballers represent Lyon, consecrated French champion this weekend.
The trainer omitted the French-Argentinean David Trezeguet. “His” place is being taken by Bafetimbi Gomis, the Saint Etienne forward who today is pretended by Sevilla and Newcastle United, and with 14 goals was the third top scorer in Ligue 1, only behind Karim Benzema and Senegal´s Mamadou Niang. "There are four or five central strikers, you can't cram each position. You have to make choices", said Domenech.
In addition, unlike most of the trainers, Domenech mentioned 4 goalkeepers, so one would be discarded.
The French Squad:
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais), Mickael Landreau (Paris Saint-Germain), Sebastien Frey (ACF Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).
Defenders: Eric Abidal (FC Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Olympique Lyonnais), Francois Clerc (Olympique Lyonnais), Julien Escude (FC Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United FC), William Gallas (Arsenal FC), Philippe Mexes (AS Roma), Willy Sagnol (FC Bayern Munich), Sebastien Squillaci (Olympique Lyonnais), Lilian Thuram (FC Barcelona).
Midfielders: Alou Diarra (FCG Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (FC Portsmouth), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal FC), Claude Makelele (Chelsea FC), Jeremy Toulalan (Olympique Lyonnais), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan), Samir Nasri (Olympique Marseille).
Forwards: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea FC), Hatem Ben Arfa (Olympique Lyonnais), Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais), Djibril Cisse (Olympique Lyonnais), Bafetimbi Gomis (AS Saint-Etienne), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyonnais), Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona), Franck Ribery (FC Bayern Munich), Florent Malouda (Chelsea FC).
The trainer omitted the French-Argentinean David Trezeguet. “His” place is being taken by Bafetimbi Gomis, the Saint Etienne forward who today is pretended by Sevilla and Newcastle United, and with 14 goals was the third top scorer in Ligue 1, only behind Karim Benzema and Senegal´s Mamadou Niang. "There are four or five central strikers, you can't cram each position. You have to make choices", said Domenech.
In addition, unlike most of the trainers, Domenech mentioned 4 goalkeepers, so one would be discarded.
The French Squad:
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais), Mickael Landreau (Paris Saint-Germain), Sebastien Frey (ACF Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).
Defenders: Eric Abidal (FC Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Olympique Lyonnais), Francois Clerc (Olympique Lyonnais), Julien Escude (FC Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United FC), William Gallas (Arsenal FC), Philippe Mexes (AS Roma), Willy Sagnol (FC Bayern Munich), Sebastien Squillaci (Olympique Lyonnais), Lilian Thuram (FC Barcelona).
Midfielders: Alou Diarra (FCG Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (FC Portsmouth), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal FC), Claude Makelele (Chelsea FC), Jeremy Toulalan (Olympique Lyonnais), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan), Samir Nasri (Olympique Marseille).
Forwards: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea FC), Hatem Ben Arfa (Olympique Lyonnais), Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais), Djibril Cisse (Olympique Lyonnais), Bafetimbi Gomis (AS Saint-Etienne), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyonnais), Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona), Franck Ribery (FC Bayern Munich), Florent Malouda (Chelsea FC).
1 comment:
Gracias Tom por tu firma en mi post de "Más que Fútbol" (Carta abierta a Bojan Krkic). Me alegro de que te guste mi opinión y desde luego creí importante en este momento tratar el tema Bojan-Selección. Dudo mucho que cualquiera de nosotros con 17 años, teniendo las tablas de jugar en un todopoderoso FC Barcelona, nos hubiéramos negado a ir a un torneo como una Eurocopa. Independientemente de las veces que saltara al campo, simplemente por el hecho de conocer una concentración con la absoluta desde dentro y coger experiencia para las siguientes convocatorias donde su aportación personal pudiera ser más decisiva, opino que debería haber estado. Aun así, nadie nos va a quitar el disfrute de como tu bien dices en tu blog, el "Mayor acontecimiento futbolístico del año".
Un saludo y gracias.
Eduardo
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