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Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg have World Cup mutiny on top of the agenda in today’s pint size Soccerlens World Cup podcast, analysing in particular the bizarre actions of England and France in their respective training camps. Kader Keita’s disgraceful act of unsportmanship, …

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Good morning all and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Unsurprisingly both England and France are dominating the column inches today as both squads attempt to address their supposed in-fighting in very different ways, the English with …

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Check out the latest episode of the pint size Soccerlens World Cup Podcast with Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. Ahead of England’s big match against Algeria the duo debate Fabio Capello’s methods, question the attitudes of the French players, ask themselves …

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Bienvenue and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. The big story from yesterday was France‘s abject performance against Mexico, that saw El Tri post their first ever victory over Les Bleus in international football – not that …

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France are on the verge of elimination from the FIFA World Cup as they were humbled 2-0 by Javier Aguirre’s Mexico who fully deserved their victory. Les Bleus were appalling in a game that they dare not lose to keep …

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France 0-2 Mexico 2010 FIFA World Cup 17 June 2010 Mexico would get an important win to move one step closer to the knockout stage while France continued to struggle. Overall, Mexico were the better side but the goals wouldn’t …

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France legend Zinedine Zidane has added to Raymond Domenech’s woes by publically stating his disapproval of the national teams exploits thus far in the FIFA World Cup. Zidane, who infamously got sent off in his last ever appearance on a …

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France coach Raymond Domenech has never been warmed to at all by the French public and even more so from his players as he dropped his latest clanger on Friday in the build up to France’s uninspired 0-0 draw with …

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Uruguay 0-0 France 2010 World Cup Group Stage 11 June 2010 France disappointed in their World Cup opener with a scoreless draw against South American side Uruguay. The 2006 World Cup runners-up would start out with most of the chances …

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In a sentence France make attacking look very difficult against an extremely beatable Uruguay side. Where are France’s creators? Ribery did little. Gourcuff did less. Other players under-performed but France would have cruised to victory if this pair had created …

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Zinedine Zidane captured a nation’s imagination twelve years ago as the Frenchman who was born and raised by his Algerian parents in the suburbs of Marseille helped orchestrate his team’s path to world dominance as the French realised a long …

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As we gear up for the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup this coming Friday we are in store for a month of a carnival football as the ‘Rainbow Nation’ invites the world to enjoy this landmark achievement for …

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