The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The current team is not a patch on the one that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 Aimé Jacquet, the coach who guided France to World Cup triumph in 1998 and later went on to oversee the national technical department, which was for a while the envy of football, had a nice turn of phrase about player development. "Tomorrow's football" he called it. Jacquet was central to a golden...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
England have qualified for South Africa comfortably from Group Six, but the hard work starts now Fabio Capello will be hoping for the chance to prove that he can have reservations about perfection. England's match with Ukraine today may well be extremely hard, but it is quite possible that the visitors will win in Dnipropetrovsk before beating Belarus at Wembley next Wednesday. The squad would then...
Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Liverpool have wrapped up their signing of Glen Johnson from Portsmouth. The lingering doubt, though, is how much of a role can arguably Britain’s finest full-back play in transforming Liverpool into Premiership champions. On last season’s form, Johnson is certainly England’s best full-back. His attacking raids invariably result in finer distribution than, say, Ashley Cole, he’s...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
EUROPEAN football star Lilian Thuram yesterday visited a Merseyside museum in his lesser- known capacity as patron of the UEFA football exhibition, Only a Game?
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Zurich: France midfielder Claude Makelele and defender Lilian Thuram bid adieu to their international career after Tuesday's 0-2 loss to Italy.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
France stalwarts Claude Makelele and Lilian Thuram have confirmed their retirement from international football.
TEAMtalk (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Lilian Thuram joined France team-mate Claude Makelele in retiring from international football following Les Bleus' elimination from Euro 2008.
Soccerpassion.net (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
France coach Raymond Domenech dropped Lilian Thuram, Willy Sagnol and Florent Malouda for Tuesday's crucial European Championship match against...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
France coach Raymond Domenech dropped Lilian Thuram, Willy Sagnol and Florent Malouda for Tuesday's crucial European Championship match against Italy.
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