http://www.virtuallandmedia.com/flags03/europe/GER.GIF vs. http://www.virtuallandmedia.com/flags03/europe/FRA.GIF

:p

This match is being played on Saturday, 20.30 CET.

After several defeats against so called big team is a bit under pressure.

Here's the German squad.

Kahn (Bayern), Lehmann (Arsenal)


Nowotny (Leverkusen), Friedrich, Rehmer (Hertha), Wörns (Dortmund), Baumann (Bremen), Hinkel (Stuttgart)


Ballack, Jeremies (Bayern), Bierofka, Schneider (Leverkusen), Ernst (Bremen), Kehl (Dortmund), Freier (Bochum)


Kuranyi (Stuttgart), Klose (Kaiserslautern), Bobic (Hertha), Neuville (Leverkusen)

Come on Germany! :rockman:

I'll be supporting Germany aswell (H)

Don't like the French

yeah... i dun like pires.... go kuranyi, go ballack....

ballsack to score a peach of a goal.

I hope France kicks Germany's ass, and they will........they will!

They will not!
They might win, but they won't kick our asses because our defense is ace.

this, too, will be a great match.

Gotta cheer for Germany.

But I do like to watch France play, they're a fun team. Although without Lizerazu they just aren't the same.

Huh? What happened to Lizarazu? :confused:

Go France

...and Mad Jens.

:confused:

Go France:rockman: hopefully they win it 2-0:)

God I hope France loses. The players on that team are a disgrace except a select few. Too bad they just can't put the Stuttgart team out there against them.

I say it goes 2-1 to Germany, Kuryani and Ballack. Does Jens have his mullet back yet? Kahn grew his back so all is right with the world.

es gibt nur ein rudi voeller, es gibt nur ein rudi voeller, eeeeeeeeeeiiiin rudi voelleeeeeeeeeeeer, es gibt nur ein rudi voellllleeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrr!

France should win, the quality they have, its unfair. :(

Goooooo France :rockman:

French group:

Manchester United: Fabien Barthez, Mickaël Silvestre
Chelsea: Claude Makelélé, William Gallas
Arsenal: Sylvain Wiltord, Robert Pirès, Thierry Henry
Sochaux: Benoit Pedretti
Lyon: Grégory Coupet, Sidney Govou
Monaco: Ludovic Giuly
Auxerre: Jean-Alain Boumsong
Lazio: Ousmane Dabo
AS Roma: Olivier Dacourt
Juventus Turin: Lilian Thuram, David Trezeguet
Bayern Munchen: Willy Sagnol, Bixente Lizarazu

Possible French Lineup:

Barthez
Lizarazu
Gallas
Silvestre
Thuram
Makelélé
Dacourt
Wiltord
Zidane
Henry
Trezeguet

Go Silvestre :rockman: and er.. Germany :mrpimp:

how bout Barthez, i can see france scoring a lot of goals if lehmann plays.... he will boycott the match...

GO FRANCE:rockman:
GO HENRY:rockman:

prediction 4-0(henry 2,Trazeguet,Pires)

Go Germany! (H) (Y)

My prediction:

Germany 1-2 France

:(

Originally posted by Fernandez
how bout Barthez, i can see france scoring a lot of goals if lehmann plays.... he will boycott the match...

Lehmann won't play unless Kahn drops a bottle of aftershave on his foot 12 hours before kick-off.

Why will Barthez boycott the match? Does he have something against his team scoring a lot of goals?

Go France go. :rockman:

Since France is essentially the international version of Arsenal, I'll root for them. The French national team is the only thing I can stand about that damn country. And I hate Germany anyways, with the exception of Mad Jens, of course.

France 3 - 1 Germany

Henry x2, Pires - Ballack

interesting match...:p

Go France & Germany !! :crazyboy: :mexican:

Finally, here is the French Lineup for this match:

Coupet - Lizarazu, M. Silvestre, Thuram, Sagnol - Dacourt, Makelele - Zidane (cap.), Pires - Henry, Trezeguet.

Originally posted by ULTRA SOUTH
Finally, here is the French Lineup for this match:

Coupet - Lizarazu, M. Silvestre, Thuram, Sagnol - Dacourt, Makelele - Zidane (cap.), Pires - Henry, Trezeguet.

Is Zidane gonna be the usual Cap. for the rest of the France matches?:confused:

Also i think 2-1 to France:rockman:

3:1 Germany

What in Hell is France :drevil:

Old and slow defence, Kuranyi destroy them :hump:

Originally posted by TottiNZidaneR#1
Is Zidane gonna be the usual Cap. for the rest of the France matches?:confused:

No, he's captain for this match because Marcel Desailly and Patrick Vieira are injured ;) Anyway, Zidane doesn't have the captain's spirit, he's too "shy"

Phillipe Mexes is recognised as one with great influence and authority. He'll be one to watch over the years (but everybody knew that.)

*bump*

Go france then;)

France Lineup

Gregory Coupet 23
Bixente Lizarazu 3
Willy Sagnol 19
Mikael Silvestre
Lilian Thuram 15
Olivier Dacourt
Claude Makelele
Robert Pires
Zinedine Zidane
Thierry Henry 12
David Trezeguet 20

German Lineup

Oliver Kahn
Frank Baumann
Arne Friedrich
Andreas Hinkel
Jens Nowotny
Christian Worns
Michael Ballack
Jens Jeremies
Bernd Schneider
Fredi Bobic
Kevin Kuranyi

France's is just a bit better
;)

France is better player by players but as a team Germany in my opinion is more compact and is gonna win

Originally posted by -Vince-
*bump*
*postboost*

;) :p

Anyway looks like I was right so far in the game. France lead by one goal. :(

Go Deutschland!!! :clapwap:

Battle of old Europe, my ass.....The Euro 2004 tournament is going to be just a formality. They should just give France the trophy now and let the rest play for second place. The French are just too strong right now :rolleyes:

What are you on? The French play very well as a team.

France win 3-0; Henry and Trezeguet (x2)

The goals:
1-0: Bixente Lizarazu cross, past Kahn, Henry heads it in
2-0: Henry turns the defender, sprints towards goal. He looks like he'll side foot it in but unselfishly passses to an open Trezeguet.
3-0: Zizou splits the defense and Trezeguet hits a first time shot past Kahn from just inside the penalty area.

What a match. If you were watching on TF1 (ultra south ;) ) it was classic!

We can deduce that:
Henry :Bow:
Trezeguet :Bow:
Zizou :Bow:
Coupet :Bow:
The man with the live cockerel :Bow:
The Germans :-puke:

So much for organisation then.....

:clapwap: !!!~France~!!! :clapwap:

Originally posted by Voltaic Borusse
:clapwap: !!!~France~!!! :clapwap:

I thought you were German? :confused:

Originally posted by ::shinji::
I thought you were German? :confused:
Maybe we have gloryhunter on the international level now...:evil: :brow:

I'm American, Latin-American. Yes, a BVB fan born in North America. Just because I support a German-based club, doesn't mean I've got to support their German Natonal Team. I appluad France for thrashing Germany.

Germany's 1-0 win over the USA still remains present in my head. ;)

Originally posted by champdave
What are you on? The French play very well as a team.


What a match. If you were watching on TF1 (ultra south ;) ) it was classic!

You're almost French now :rockman: Yeah, good result for France, 3-0 it's severe but we played well without Vieira (H)

Trezegoal :Bow:
Anaconda :Bow:
Zizou :Bow:

;)

Our usual performance in friendly games. :nape:

Anyway, I think we played very well in the first half. Kuranyi had a great chance but hit the bar. We had more chances by Baumann (also hit the bar), Ballack's free kick and a nice shot by Schneider.

The French had one chance and made the goal. Stupid mistake by Wörns who was playing pish today.

Then the 2nd half...let's not talk about it.

The result is imo a bit too high but we have a young team which will make a big step forward till next summer.


Oh and congrats to France, they have a great team with many worldclass players. They are No.1 in Europe. Even the German fans aplaud the french players after the game. :)

Nice to see Henry score on a header:D

He and Trezeguet were awesome, they are a great duo. Arsenal should try to buy Trez.

Originally posted by -Vince-
He and Trezeguet were awesome, they are a great duo. Arsenal should try to buy Trez.
I agree. They would tear the EPL apart. (Y)

*Remembers Arsenal is broke at the moment.* :(

whats wrong with highbury anyway? why does arsenal need a new stadium?

Too small. Plus Highbury is a dump/

Highbury is the best football pitch in England

anyways Go France

pffft. Highbury is hell on Earth.

Originally posted by Pferd
whats wrong with highbury anyway? why does arsenal need a new stadium?

nothing really wrong with highbury. but it's a bit on the smaller side for a club such as arsenal. supposedly, they're missing out on a lot of revenue from ticket sales and move to a new, larger stadium will do the trick.

as for the match, i really wish i could have watched it. i read that henry, trezeguet, and zidane were simply sublime. and those new france unis are hot.

WOW! i cant believe whats happening with germany, lose 3:0 to france (no offence because they are good) is unbelievable with such a great defence... beside my national team, germany would have to be my second favorite so this comes as bad news to me... :(

Originally posted by Rob
pffft. Highbury is hell on Earth.

Atleast Highbury had grass every game last year :p

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
Atleast Highbury had grass every game last year :p

hahahaha...i just remembered that. it looked like beach volleyball.

Originally posted by Rob
pffft. Highbury is hell on Earth.
Says you with Stamford Beach. Get Roman to build a new one for you. It'd be like pocket change to him, anyway.

Originally posted by Jedi Mind Trick
nothing really wrong with highbury. but it's a bit on the smaller side for a club such as arsenal. supposedly, they're missing out on a lot of revenue from ticket sales and move to a new, larger stadium will do the trick.

as for the match, i really wish i could have watched it. i read that henry, trezeguet, and zidane were simply sublime. and those new france unis are hot.

When you say "unis", you referring to the kits?

Originally posted by Rob
Plus Highbury is a dump/
You're nuts.

Originally posted by Frostwolf
When you say "unis", you referring to the kits?

hahaha...yea. sorry...not really used to saying "kits".

Are these kits new? The French one doesn't look that much different, from the one they wore in the World Cup, although the German one does look to have been changed.

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/afpji/20031115/031115220529.322icuac0b.jpg

you can kinda tell. there are subtle changes, like in the collar, underneath the sleeves...or maybe it's just an excuse to buy a zidane jersey...

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/reuters_ids/20031115/i/2002449273.jpg

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/reuters_ids/20031115/i/4185674842.jpg

both jerseys are new but the french one with number 7 PIRES really sucks...

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
Atleast Highbury had grass every game last year :p

:funny: aye.

Awww, shutup.

Beach Football is fun.

there is a stadium for beach football for FIFA 2003 and it aint stamford bridge....

Stamford Bridge ain't in FIFA 2003. :rolleyes:

read my post carefully.... :ewan:

now now gentlemen. :ewan:

Originally posted by Fernandez
both jerseys are new but the french one with number 7 PIRES really sucks...

Why does it suck? I don't know, can you please tell me why that particular football jersey sucks? I was assuming all the French jerseys were the SAME regardless of whatever name and number they had on the back. :confused:

Is it the way the "P" is positioned next to the "I"?

Perhaps it's the angle the number 7 makes against the name?

Or even, maybe it's the un-roundedness of 7. Maybe the FFF should change Pires' squad number to 3 or 6 or 9. They're nice and round.

Oh, it was a joke? You have an absolute ****e sense of humour then.

:ewan:

Oh and, props to Ewan for inspiring this excellent, excellent smilie. :ewan:

:ewan:

i love to critisize.... :ewan: i think i am the man u version of antithesis... :ewan:

At least Anti picks decent subjects to criticise, you picked someone's jersey to criticise for Christ's sake.

I don't think you're Man Utd's Antithesis, you don't deserve to be at his level yet (H).

I like to think of you as an ambassador for all the idiot Man Utd fans here.

Aside from that I have absolutely nothing against you. :ewan:

It's certainly better than the #7 shirt you're so madly in love with.

Originally posted by bjmenge
It's certainly better than the #7 shirt you're so madly in love with.

He Likes it lots because it is already on the ground presenting:brow:

Edit- And Before you say anything about Pires he doesnt have a big bit of Blonde Hair Coming from his head:ewan:

DUH!!! :ewan:

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/YGEL102111515_1024x768.jpg

the three lines on the end of the sleeve are sharp.... :o

Originally posted by -Vince-
http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/YGEL102111515_1024x768.jpg

The France Jersey looks nice... I am might buy one with Zidane on the back now:rockman:

Good to see Henry keeping up with the Hair Matience

Originally posted by Fernandez
i love to critisize.... :ewan: i think i am the man u version of antithesis... :ewan: Hey you!

SHUTUP! (H)

Originally posted by Rob
Hey you!

SHUTUP! (H)

Bit Early for that isnt it Rob

Those kits are nice, but certainly not a radical change from either country's previous one. Probably just an excuse for adidas to sell more shirts.

wow im an adidas hater but i have to say that those are some class jerseys i hope romania follows their example and update their adidas one :)

Originally posted by bjmenge
Those kits are nice, but certainly not a radical change from either country's previous one. Probably just an excuse for adidas to sell more shirts.

Adidas would be forever be bastardised if they ever do make a "radical" change to a country's (or club) HOME kit. Away kits are fine, they're always changed.

It's like having a French jersey without the blue, a Man Utd or Arsenal or Liverpool jersey without the red. They can't drastically change the jerseys because of the backlash.

i don't think any team would dare change the color of their home kits.

but i think the "changes" people are talking about are details on the kits...not colors.

Originally posted by Jedi Mind Trick
i don't think any team would dare change the color of their home kits.

berlin m8... they did it...

Originally posted by Fernandez
berlin m8... they did it...
And what did there fans think of that?

Originally posted by Fernandez
berlin m8... they did it...

Name a team with a long and rich history that have drastically changed their home strip from the colours they are associated with.

i thought change their home kits....

English?

This thread sucks, go down already :rolleyes: :(


France--> :hit: <-- Germany