Together again

The Gazeta represents Euro-2008 participants. Group C. The French team, as if by the wave of a magic wand in the quartet on the side, were the sworn friends of the last world championship - the national teams of France and Italy.

The tricolor then began their performance at the 2006 World Cup in Germany extremely inexpressive, stringing with the Swiss and Koreans. From the group the French helped to leave the victory over Tom Lasers 2-0. At the playoff stage, the Raymon Domeneck team broke up with the Spaniards (3: 1), then with a minimum score, it was knocked out of the Brazilian Pentakampon and Portuguese tournament. In the main match of the 2006 World Cup, Skuadra Azurra opposed three-color. Who does not remember that amazing match, that brilliant provocation performed by Marco Materezzi and the red card shown by the great Zi-in the opponent’s head? The main and added time was not the strongest then, and the penalty series in which the Italian team celebrated the victory celebrated everything. Much water has flown under the bridge since that time. Materezzi managed to apologize and write a book, Zidan left the national team, Domenek invited new people to the team. The French mentor, who has given 11 years to work with the youth team, is not an ardent reformer and, despite the infusion of new blood, still relies on the old guard, with which it has been side by side for four years. Domenec does not cease to trust his veterans, although many of them had certain problems this season. The star of French football and the English Premier League Thierry Henry after the transition to Barcelona markedly passed. The old robbers Patrick Viyira and Nicolas Anelka had, to put it mildly, not a lot of game practice, mainly going on replacements. The same applies to Lilian Tyurama with Claude Makel. The whole constellation of formidable names that inspired horror in rivals of all stripes begins to fade slowly. But be that as it may, no matter how inexpressively tricolor veterans actually performed, it is worth it to be together - this is where the holiday begins. Past achievements are not forgotten so quickly, especially since even 10 years have passed since the last championship. The French team along with Germany remains the only European team that won the European championship more than once. The Bundestim assets have three titles, the French celebrated the triumph twice. For the first time, the French won the trophy in 1984 on their native land, defeating 2-0 in the final of the Spaniards. The next trophy three -color had to wait 16 years despite the fact that the team stably secured a place in the final part of the tournament. The Euro-2000 Qualification round will dream of Russian fans for a long time in nightmares. Then the Russians fought for a ticket with the French and Ukrainians. Our neighbors went to the euro after the miracle-Maach, missed by Alexander Filimonov. But the French did not just go, but also reached the finals, leaving the Spaniards and Portuguese behind him. Eight years ago, as in the final of the 2006 World Cup, Italy opposed the French Roger Lemer. Having missed the first, three -color managed to recoup and tear out the victory in the added time. The victorious goal then scored David Truseg, who did not fall into the future euro.

The French team held an extremely ambiguous qualification tournament. Having beaten the main competitors in the first match in the struggle for the 3: 1 Italian ticket, the Domenek team lost the second game with a minimum score of the Scots - other applicants for the euro. After that, the French won four victories in a row and managed to reduce a draw of a draw in Milan to a zero. However, annoying “highlanders” reappeared on the horizon, who left tricolor out of work in France, defeating with the same minimal score. Having beaten Lithuania in the last game, the French granted Italians the right to deal with Scotland and calmly went to the euro from second place in the group. The steering tricolor domains decided not to hide on honored and inviolable football players and on the eve of the final list included two dark -skinned debutants - the striker of Saint -Etienne Bethimby Gomis and the goalkeeper of Olympic Steve Mandanda.

The national team of France

Official application

Goalkeepers

Gregory coupe ("Lyon", France)

Sebastien Frey ("Fiorentina", Italy)

Steve Mandanda ("Marcel", France)

Defenders

Eric Abidal ("Barcelona", Spain)

Jean-Alen Bomsong ("Lyon", France)

Francois Claire (Lyon, France)

Sebastian Skilacchi ("Lyon", France)

William Gallas ("Arsenal", England)

Patrice Evra ("Manchester United", England)

Willy Sanyol ("Bavaria", Germany)

Lilian Tyuram (Barcelona, Spain)

Midfielders

Lassana Diarra ("Portsmouth", England)

Claude Mackerel ("Chelsea", England)

Germy Tulalan ("Lyon", France)

Patrick Viyira ("Inter", Italy), Samir Nasri ("Marcel", France)

Floran of Maluda ("Chelsea", England)

Frank Ribury ("Bavaria", Germany)

Forwards

Nicolas Anelka ("Chelsea", England)

Karim Benzema ("Lyon", France)

Sydney drive ("Lyon", France)

Bethimmy Gomis (Saint-Etienne, France)

Thierry Henry ("Barcelona", Spain)

Matches of the French national team for Euro 2008

Qualification round

Georgia - France - 0: 3

France - Italy - 3: 1

Scotland - France - 1: 0

France - Faroe Islands - 5: 0

Lithuania - France - 0: 1

France - Ukraine - 2: 0

France - Georgia - 1: 0

Italy - France - 0: 0

France - Scotland - 0: 1

Faroe Islands - France - 0: 6

France - Lithuania - 2: 0

Ukraine - France - 2: 2

Group c

And in n p m about

Italy 12 9 2 1 22-9 29

France 12 8 2 2 25-5 26

Scotland 12 8 0 4 21-12 26

Ukraine 12 5 2 5 18-16 17

Lithuania 12 5 1 6 11-13 16

Georgia 12 3 1 8 16-19 10

Faroe Islands 12 0 0 12 4-43 0 06/02/2008 / Anton Filinsky material published in the newspaper No. 100 dated 02.06.2008.