Friendly: France v Australia

[Big Sam]

Friday 11 October 2013 at 9:00pm
Parc de Princes, Paris, France
TV: Live Fox HD, Saturday 6am AEDST

Australia Squad:
Oliver BOZANIC FC Luzern, SWITZERLAND
Mark BRESCIANO Al Gharafa, QATAR
Tim CAHILL New York Red Bulls, USA
David CARNEY New York Red Bulls, USA
Jason DAVIDSON SC Heracles Almelo, NETHERLANDS
James HOLLAND FK Austria Vienna, AUSTRIA
Brett HOLMAN Al Nasr Sports Club, UAE (Withdrawn)
Jackson IRVINE Kilmarnock FC, SCOTLAND
Mile JEDINAK Crystal Palace FC, ENGLAND
Josh KENNEDY Nagoya Grampus, JAPAN
Robbie KRUSE TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, GERMANY
Mitchell LANGERAK (gk) B.V. Borussia 09 Dortmund, GERMANY
Matthew LECKIE FSV Frankfurt 1899, GERMANY
Matthew McKAY Brisbane Roar FC, AUSTRALIA
Mark MILLIGAN Melbourne Victory FC, AUSTRALIA
Lucas NEILL Omiya Ardija, JAPAN
Tommy OAR FC Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
Sasa OGNENOVSKI Umm Salal SC, QATAR
Tommy ROGIC Celtic FC, SCOTLAND (Withdrawn)
Nikita RUKAVYTSYA FSV Frankfurt 1899, GERMANY
Mat RYAN (gk) Club Brugge KV, BELGIUM
Dario VIDOSIC FC Sion, SWITZERLAND
Luke WILKSHIRE FK Dinamo Moscow, RUSSIA
Rhys WILLIAMS Middlesbrough FC, ENGLAND
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/socceroos-squad-named-for-france-and-canada/75643

France squad:
Goalkeepers: Mickael Landreau (Bastia), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille)
Defenders: Eric Abidal (Monaco), Gael Clichy (Manchester City), Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle), Clement Grenier (Olympique Lyonnais), Blaise Matuidi (Paris St Germain), Samir Nasri (Manchester City), Paul Pogba (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United)
Forwards: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Dimitri Payet (Olympique Marseille), Loic Remy (Newcastle), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Mathieu Valbuena (Olympique Marseille).
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-remy-receives-france-recall-125309528--sow.html

 

[Twizzle]

not a bad French squad

 

[Sir Biffo]

I thought the Brazil match was bad. This is an absolute embarassment against a team that limped past Belarus last time out.

 

[Mr Angry]

Was flicking through....geez needs a gallop photo.

No idea.

Getting schooled.

 

[whall15]

Can we get rid of this clown at half-time?

 

[Sir Biffo]

11 goals conceded in 140 minutes of football.

Wow.

 

[Sir Biffo]

And it ended up being 12 in 180 mins. Langerak the best player, playing a whole match in goal in a 6 - 0 defeat.

Atrocious. France could have easily put 10 on if they hadn't dropped intensity and Langerak single handedly stopping everything they threw at him late in the 2nd half.

Defensive dream team of Neill and Carney was one of the biggest comedies you'll see all year, Neill makes Mertesacker or Vidic look like Usain Bolt, Darren Lehmann would beat him in a sprint. And Carney, hahaha. His 2011 Asian cup final performance looked like a masterclass compared to tonight.

 

[BDR]

Honestly, I know Brazil and France are teams above our station, but we are MONTHS from a world cup campaign. This is just not good enough, the manager has to go immediately.

 

[Big Sam]

Embarrassing but expected.

A lot of us have outlined the problems with certain players in the past that frankly should have gone 3 years ago so I'm not going to do it again.

The FFA knows what needs to be done now and I have faith that they'll do it.

 

[Helmet Man]

We are so f**ked for the World Cup. It's just sad how badly the team has regressed after the Viduka-Kewell-Bresciano-Cahill era. The times where we troubled Italy who went onto win the World Cup, thinking about those times and the times now, its just disgraceful.

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

Langerak made some nice saves,with a better defense he would of had a good game
its time to build for the future
GK- Langerak
DF- McGowan
DF- Williams
DF- Lowry
DF- Davidson
MF- Holland
MF- Cahil
MF- Oar
MF- Rogic
MF- Kruse
S- Leckie

bench defenders:Goodwin,Jamieson,Spiranovic,Neville,Zullo,Galloway,Good
bench midfielders:Bresciano,Irvine,Mooy,Troisi,Nabbout
bench strikers : Kennedy,Brosque,Pain,Taggart

 

[Munky]

As I said in another thread there is a good chance we will be the 2014 equivalent of 2002 Saudi Arabia.

They reached the second round in the 94 world cup and the core of their squad for 02 were veterans from 94.

They got pumped 8-0 by Germany in the first game.

I can see that happening to us.