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Sticky: Official UEFA Euro 2012 Thread
bouli77:
Benzema is a versatile forward, he can do it all, assist, score, but I think he's better as a creative forward since he's not a poacher. good game but i wish he had scored, maybe next game 8)
Ukraine was very weak though.
Invincible:
Shocked not to watch a boring England game. For once we didn't just sit back and defend. It was only against one of the poorest Sweden sides in a while but we still managed to make things hard for ourselves. Satisfied with the end result though.
bouli77:
wellbeck's goal was a stunner... the game could have gone both ways. sweden had numerous chances too but lacked realism
wcsoldier:
Ribery ( finally) and Cabaye are the 2 best players of our team after 2 games ... with Benzema not too far behind ...
I'd prefer Benzema to play just behind a real striker who is in the box most of the time but we don't have one ( Giroud lacks experience at this level)
I'm glad Clichy and Menez ( lacks maturity and doesn't do the defensive work but at least create offensive opportunities unlike Florent " Casper" Malouda") replaced Evra and Malouda who are useless ..
Rami is fucking garbage though ... I don't think our D in the center will be solid enough against top competition
bouli77:
i wouldn't call rami garbage, but he has concentration lapses regularly and lacks security. he's as good as he's ever been since he's always been overrated. a decent central defender, who every so often makes crazy mistakes and is a bit erratic on the pitch.
i'm pretty satisfied with our offensive asset. everybody's showing up so far. i mean french critics and pundits hate on Nasri but dude put on a hell of performance last night and against England, and i don't even like him that much (both as a player and a personality). Ribéry is on beast mode and has played so well for the national team, Cabaye is unexpectedly stepping up and is almost flawless, Menez lacks realism but scored a goal on one of his most difficult chances, Benzema is dropping too deep on the pitch but he assists.
but we're still shaky, our defense seems unreliable, even though full backs are doing the job, and there's a huge gap between the defense and the midfield. it looks REALLY unbalanced. at times, both against England & Ukraine, they had counterattacks where they would run 50 yards unattacked. it's a blessing Ukraine was so weak yesterday because against strong teams, we should have conceded at least a goal.
anyway, France is now having a bit of a style of play and for the first time in years seem creative and disciplined, let's hope it continues. it's a shame Laurent Blanc is probably leaving at the end of the tournament, i think we have the potential to buil something huge for the years to come, just like Hidalgo from 1978 on.
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