FRANCE v DENMARK
Sunday, 11th June, 5.00pm, Bruges
France 3 Turkey 0
(Blanc 16, Henry 64, Wiltord 90)
OK, so the French aren't bad. But ain't the Danes poor???? How they miss the Laudrups. It's difficult to tell just how good the French really were. Were they really - or did the Danes just make them look good? Dunno!!
Anyway, Blanc's goal was a lucky one really. Schmeichel (who appears to have lost his red nose since leaving the scum!) had just saved from Anelka; Anelka dived, looking for a penalty - Blanc scored from the rebound from Schmeichel. Simple! Henry's goal was special though. A great run down the left - cut in - shot. Superb. It was a disgrace that Wiltord's goal was given though. He was in a way offside position when Viera collected a pass. If Viera had shot himself (wishes!) then perhaps (depending on how different officials see this daft rule), the ref could've interpreted Wiltords as "not interfering with play" or something - but he passed to Wiltord and the linesman should've flagged immediately - but didn't. (If I make little sense today, that's because there is little sense going on in my brain - I slept poorly!)
So, the champions of the world collect their first 3 points! The next match ain't gonna be so easy though, guys!
Hunk of the match: Tofting!!!! :)
My goodness! Is Tufty scary!!!!
Teams and things
FRANCE (4-2-3-1): 16 F Barthez (Manchester United) - 15 L Thuram (Parma), 5 L Blanc (Internazionale), 8 M Desailly (Chelsea), 3 B Lizarazu (Bayern Munich) - 7 D Deschamps (Chelsea), 17 E Petit (Arsenal) - 6 Y Djorkaeff (1FC Kaiserslautern; sub: 4 P Vieira, Arsenal, 58min), 10 Z Zidane (Juventus), 12 T Henry (Arsenal) - 9 N Anelka (Real Madrid; sub: 13 S Wiltord, Bordeaux, 82). Substitutes not used: 1 B Lama (Paris Saint-Germain), 22 U Rame (Bordeaux), 2 V Candela (AS Roma), 11 R Pires (Marseilles), 14 J Micoud (Bordeaux), 18 F Leboeuf (Chelsea), 19 C Karembeu (Real Madrid), 20 D Trezeguet (AS Monaco).
DENMARK (4-4-2): 1 P Schmeichel (Sporting Lisbon) - 12 S Colding (Brondby), 2 M Schjonberg, 3 R Henriksen (Panathinaikos), 5 J Heintze (PSV Eindhoven) - 19 M Bisgaard (Udinese; sub: 20 T Gravesen, SV Hamburg, 72), 7 A Nielsen (Tottenham Hotspur), 15 S Tofting (MSV Duisburg; sub: 10 M Jorgensen, Udinese, 72), 8 J Gronkjaer (Ajax) - 9 J D Tomasson (Feyenoord; sub: 21 M Beck, Derby County, 80), 11 E Sand (Schalke 04). Substitutes not used: 16 T Sorensen (Sunderland), 22 P Kjaer (Silkeborg), 4 J Hogh (Chelsea), 6 T Helveg (AC Milan), 13 M Laursen (Verona), 14 B S Nielsen (AB), 17 B Goldbaek (Fulham), 18 M Molnar (Kansas City Wizards).Booked: Schjonberg
Referee: G Benko (Austria).
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