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  <title>France Road to world cup 2010</title>
  <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010</link>
  <description>News about l&#039;Équipe de France; everything about young talents, old experienced players, ups and downs, rumours and news.

Please share your opinions and thoughts about the French team with me, if you are a fanatic fan of France like me!</description>
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    <title>A message to France-Fans with Love &lt;3</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/a-message-to-france-fans-with-love-lt3</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/a-message-to-france-fans-with-love-lt3</guid>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      Dear France Fans,
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      I&#039;ve been blogging some posts about the French National Team, but I&#039;m declaring this blog officially dead. Not because I don&#039;t love the team anymore, but because no one reads it (not that fun
      to run a blog which nobody reads, except me huh?). Which is logical, because who would support such a bad team (except me)? With an astrological coach?
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Now, I write for a Dutch soccer blog called Uithaal.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &amp;nbsp;But I still adore my beloved bleus, and if you do too you can contact me via
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:accessibility@live.com&quot;&gt;accessibility@live.com&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Love, me.
    &lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:16:40 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>The Fight between Samir NASRI and William GALLAS</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/the-fight-between-samir-nasri-and-william-gallas</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/the-fight-between-samir-nasri-and-william-gallas</guid>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;Okay, this topic has been an hot news item during the last few days. So I am re-releasing it a bit late, but better late than never. I was very busy last week. So here&#039;s what happened
      between Nasri and Gallas again&amp;nbsp;(according to William Gallas).&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;a href=&quot;http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://www.free-football.tv/content_images/nasri_550405.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.free-football.tv/news/Arsenal-Summer-Activity.html&amp;amp;usg=__6ZklZsbG_opZ3_Iigw-L8g-4vAc=&amp;amp;h=600&amp;amp;w=800&amp;amp;sz=38&amp;amp;hl=nl&amp;amp;start=41&amp;amp;tbnid=jeea7u2Vk2Vo-M:&amp;amp;tbnh=107&amp;amp;tbnw=143&amp;amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnasri%2Barsenal%26start%3D36%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Dnl%26sa%3DN&quot;&gt;
      &lt;img width=&quot;143&quot; src=&quot;http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:jeea7u2Vk2Vo-M:http://www.free-football.tv/content_images/nasri_550405.jpg&quot; height=&quot;107&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;
      This little babyfaced boy is a twat according to Gallas.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000FF&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE FIRST QUARREL BETWEEN SAMIR NASRI AND WILLIAM GALLAS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;During a training in Switzerland - The French Team is training for the European Championship. The players have to make teams of three, to play a small game, where two players have to pass
      the ball to each other. The third player stands in the middle, and doesn&#039;t see when the ball comes from behind. So the other two have to say: &quot;It arrives!&quot; so the third person can pass the
      ball.&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gallas forms a team with Samir Nasri and one more young player (probably Karim Benzema, Nasri&#039;s best friend in the team).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gallas is the person
      standing in the middle, so Nasri and Benzema have to say: &quot;The ball arrives&quot;, but it remains quiet. Nasri and Benzema say nothing to Gallas. So Gallas speaks becayse the youngsters say
      nothing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gallas says:&lt;/strong&gt; But speak, my boys, give me the information!&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Karim Benzema stops and remains quiet, but Samir Nasri opens his mouth.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nasri says&lt;/strong&gt;: You have to take the information before the ball arrives, you have to know it yourselves when it arrives!&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gallas&lt;/strong&gt;: How do you speak to me? Who do you think you are? You&#039;re only a 20-year-old! I am not your friend!&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nasri&lt;/strong&gt;: Me neither, I am not your friend!&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gallas raises his voice and shouts at Nasri.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nasri:&lt;/strong&gt; Lower your voice, speak less loudly.&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000FF&quot;&gt;THE SECOND QUARREL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The second quarrel takes place in the French team bus. Every player has an own place to sit in the bus. But this time Nasri sits on Thierry Henry&#039;s busseat.
      Henry has not arrived yet. Gallas walks to Nasri to speak.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gallas mumbles&lt;/strong&gt;: Stupid kid! He knows Thierry Henry always sits there!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gallas speaks to Nasri&lt;/strong&gt;: You know Thierry Henry sits here.&amp;nbsp;Kick yourself away, you know he&#039;s here!&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nasri says nothing, but walks away with an innocent look on his babyface.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This was it, my mates.&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;Who do you choose: Little Baby Nasri or Wiseman Gallas? I don&#039;t know. As a player I prefer&amp;nbsp;Nasri. But I know he is bigheaded,&amp;nbsp;even Franck
      Ribery doesn&#039;t like him according to Pape Diouf. Only Karim Benzema can stand him (because Benzema is a bigheaded diva as well). Oh man, I like these two divas even though they are brats (um,
      okay&amp;nbsp;I&#039;m a bigheaded arrogant twat as well at school, that explains why I like them.&amp;nbsp;+ I don&#039;t like Gallas).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;Stay tuned and give a shout
      when you want to help me writing this blog or know something, or wanna ask something.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:58:01 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>France disappoints again against Urugay (0-0)</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/france-disappoints-again-against-urugay-0-0</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/france-disappoints-again-against-urugay-0-0</guid>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      Did you saw that draw? *Sigh* I miss France, the France who used to score many goals and beat Brazil.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      It seems like there is only bad news for France.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Franck Ribery was out when he was tackled by Parreira. Fear that he will be injured again.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Willy Sagnol fears for retirement. He announced that if he won&#039;t get recovered before May, he will quit. &quot;The worsest thing is that I don&#039;t know why I can&#039;t play again,&quot; stated Willy Sagnol. &quot;I
      try to figure out if I will recover. I will wait till May.&quot;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      This draw against Urugay is the last match of France in 2008. A sad ending. Franck Ribery is still confident: &quot;There are some problems at the defense,&quot; he said in a conference. &quot;It&#039;s because
      France is an attacking team. We got Anelka, Henry and Benzema. If we solve the defense, our team will be very strong.&quot; he added.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Yesterday Gourcuff, Ribery and Henry were subbed out. Nasri, Benzema and Savidan were subbed in. Savidan wanted to prove himsself like Gourcuff did but failed. I think Savidan has tried a bit
      too much and he was not exact enough.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      I don&#039;t know what to say more. I&#039;m disappointed.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Let&#039;s try to be optimistic like Franck Ribery and look forward to 2009. The first match coming is in February against Argentinia, a very strong team. I fear but I will hope.
    &lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:54 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>Call-Ups for France - Uruguay</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/call-ups-for-france-uruguay</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/call-ups-for-france-uruguay</guid>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      There was nothing to post about France since there were no matches (the reason why I posted weird posts, like Toulalan is da man! And: football porn!). But next week there is one! So it&#039;s time
      now to post about Les Bleus.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/billet/460936.shtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;http://www.oleole.com/common/bib_img/anim/fb_410932.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Photo F.F.F.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;France - Uruguay, Friendly match. 19 November, 21:00h (French time), Saint Denis, France.&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;The list of call-ups&lt;/strong&gt;:
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      What&#039;s special? Well, Domenechs favourites: &lt;strong&gt;Abidal, Govou&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Malouda&lt;/strong&gt; are left out.&amp;nbsp;And fortunately &lt;strong&gt;Boumsong&lt;/strong&gt; has been left out as
      well! Phew! An old name, &lt;strong&gt;Silvestre&lt;/strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;has replaced Abidal from the list.&amp;nbsp;Good choice? No idea. A new name on the list, &lt;strong&gt;Steve Savidan&lt;/strong&gt; is called up. I
      don&#039;t know him a lot, but it is said that he has been doing very goot at Caen recently.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Here you go, the list of the 23 Bleus:
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;Gardiens de But (Keepers)&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=LLORIS%20Hugo&quot;&gt;Hugo LLORIS&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Olympique Lyonnais
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=MANDANDA%20St%C3%A8ve&quot;&gt;Stève MANDANDA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Olympique de Marseille
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=PELE%20Yohann&quot;&gt;Yohann PELE&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Le Mans UC 72
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      Défenseurs
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=CLICHY%20Ga%C3%ABl&quot;&gt;Gaël CLICHY&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Arsenal F.C.
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=ESCUDE%20Julien&quot;&gt;Julien ESCUDE&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        FC Seville
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=EVRA%20Patrice&quot;&gt;Patrice EVRA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Manchester United
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=FANNI%20Rod&quot;&gt;Rod FANNI&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Stade Rennais F.C.
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=GALLAS%20William&quot;&gt;William GALLAS&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Arsenal F.C.
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=MEXES%20Philippe&quot;&gt;Philippe MEXES&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        AS Rome
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=SAGNA%20Bakary&quot;&gt;Bakary SAGNA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Arsenal F.C.
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=SILVESTRE%20Mika%C3%ABl&quot;&gt;Mikaël SILVESTRE&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Arsenal F.C.
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;Milieux de Terrain (Midfielders)&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=DIARRA%20Alou&quot;&gt;Alou DIARRA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Girondins de Bordeaux
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=DIARRA%20Lassana&quot;&gt;Lassana DIARRA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Portsmouth
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=GOURCUFF%20Yoann&quot;&gt;Yoann GOURCUFF&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Girondins de Bordeaux
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=NASRI%20Samir&quot;&gt;Samir NASRI&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Arsenal F.C.
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=TOULALAN%20J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my&quot;&gt;Jérémy TOULALAN&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Olympique Lyonnais
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=VIEIRA%20Patrick&quot;&gt;Patrick VIEIRA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Inter de Milan
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;Attaquants (Attacking players)&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=ANELKA%20Nicolas&quot;&gt;Nicolas ANELKA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Chelsea F.C.
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=BENZEMA%20Karim&quot;&gt;Karim BENZEMA&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Olympique Lyonnais
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=BRIAND%20Jimmy&quot;&gt;Jimmy BRIAND&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Stade Rennais
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=HENRY%20Thierry&quot;&gt;Thierry HENRY&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        FC Barcelone
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=RIBERY%20Franck&quot;&gt;Franck RIBERY&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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        Bayern Munich
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      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/selec_joueurs.php?id=SAVIDAN%20Steve&quot;&gt;Steve SAVIDAN&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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        SM Caen
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div&gt;
        Well there is enough to talk about, aint it? Keep me up with your comments and I will keep you up too :). For us, people who don&#039;t live in France but want to watch the match; you can watch
        the match not-live on Eurosport, or watch it live on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myp2p.eu/&quot;&gt;www.myp2p.eu&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
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      &lt;a href=&quot;http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/Inara47/Soccer/June_Benzema.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/Inara47/Soccer/June_Benzema_small.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Benzema
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      Oops, how did this picture of Justin-Timberlake look-a-like get in?
    &lt;/div&gt;
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    <title>A Great Player: Toulalan - shy, humble and silent</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/a-great-player-toulalan-shy-humble-and-silent</link>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;PEOPLE: I know&amp;nbsp;Jeremy Toulalan is a player who doesn&#039;t interest you because he is not flashy, cool, or trendy. But he is very cool if you knew a bit more about him. So read like
      I did. After I read, Toulalan has become my favourite player.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Not much people apart from the french know Jeremy Toulalan. He just knocks the door, and than he sits and does nothing. While everyone is chatting about the new hip-hop music, Toulalan is just
      shy, silent and says nothing. I don&#039;t know why he is shy: he is a very, very good player who has something which nobody has. But due to his shyness and silence, he doesn&#039;t have a lot of fans.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      I agree Toulalan is a total dork. But he is a lovable one. Here is a video, where he is dressed as a farmer. At the second half of the video they do a &quot;portrait&quot; of Toulalan and they ask him
      questions. I&#039;ll translate the questions; read, he is a total dork and his answers are easy to&amp;nbsp;predict - but they are so lovable: Here is the video with translations for the interview in
      the second half.
    &lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
        &lt;embed wmode=&quot;transparent&quot; height=&quot;471&quot; width=&quot;593&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Wsha2E9wAbc&amp;amp;eurl=http://lyon.theoffside.com/wtf/toulalanwtf.html&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- What would you like to be, if you would have to become a &quot;thing&quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
        - A ball&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- A favourite season ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - Summer, because it’s cool… Making barbecues… cool ! (Toulalan likes to eat, he only talks about food)&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- A favourite dish ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - Pasta. Because I eat some a lot… and every time. (see? he likes eating)&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- An Animal ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - A dog, a labrador. I like these dogs, they are nice. (Toulalan looks like a big kind dog himsself)&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- A song ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - That would a be an old style ! Which ?.. Let’s say Michel Sardou “Rouge” (OMG, I searched this song on youtube.... IT&#039;S A TERRIBLE SONG! He should borrow one of Benzema&#039;s Rap CD&#039;s)&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- A color ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - Blue because that reminds me the sea&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- A noise ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - The sounds of birds. (he is so kind :) )&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- You’re favorite word ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - When do we eat ??? (laugh) No I don’t know (haha I told you he is a fat eating pig. In an interview Franck Ribery said: Toulalan likes to eat! He eats 3 desserts and he is a fat eating pig!
        hahahha)&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- Your favorite swear word ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - “Fais chier” (”that sucks”) (HAHAHHA HOW COOL)&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;- If tomorrow you could invite to dinner 2 persons on this earth, dead or alive, star or not ?&lt;br /&gt;
        - My mum and dad. I would also say Fabrice Briand and my godfather&lt;/strong&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        Well is he lovable or not? I&#039;ll tell you something about his youth too. I found an interesting French article about his life in the Liberation. (If you want the article, give a shout and I&#039;ll
        send it to you).
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        Toulalan was a shy boy. His parents are very religious, so they sent him to a catholic school. Toulalan had no friends, but he was hardworking. His dad was his &quot;coach&quot;. Toulalan wanted to
        become &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;pastry cheff&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (HAHAHA), he says: &quot;I admire people who work with their hands.&amp;nbsp;So I thought pastry cheff would be an interesting job for me. I liked football,
        but I never dreamt of being football professional. I thought it would be nice as well&amp;nbsp;to join the Tour de France, but I haven&#039;t got the capacities for it.&quot;&amp;nbsp;While his friends
        listened to Hip-Hop music, Toulalan preferred old-style music. (HIS FAVOURITE SONG: &quot;ROUGE - MICHEL SARDOU&quot; IT&#039;S TERRIBLE!) HERE IT IS:
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        While there is press walking through the field, Toulalan sits in a corner because he knows they are not coming for him. They are coming for Benzema and Ben Arfa. &quot;I&#039;m less interesting for
        people,&quot; Toulalan says. &quot;People are interested in Benzema and Ben Arfa, not me. It&#039;s because they have magic and talent. I&#039;m just a football worker.&quot;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        So what do you want from Toule? He’s not a flashy guy trying to impress people with his coolness. He is humble and down-to-earth; he is a real guy, like us.&lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;br /&gt;
        By the way, some Lyon news: Lyon has taken some photo-shootings. I thought it would be something cool like the Dolce &amp;amp; gabbana pictures from AC Milan&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://milan.dolcegabannacalender.com/&quot;&gt;http://milan.dolcegabannacalender.com&lt;/a&gt;. But NO WAY: I&#039;ll show you some pictures:
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img width=&quot;422&quot; src=&quot;http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/Inara47/Soccer/CalenderLloris.jpg&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        Lloris on a car (with a pink bra?)
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img width=&quot;423&quot; src=&quot;http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/Inara47/Soccer/CalenderClerc.jpg&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        A gambling Clerc hahahaha :D
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        But those of Toulalan: dressed as a FARMER! like little house on the prairie! Go and watch yourself: (+ the interview which I translated is included in the video)
      &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:03:39 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>Football P0RN: Drogba graps van Bommels balls (vid)</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/football-p0rn-drogba-graps-van-bommels-balls-vid</link>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      Hello mate. I know this is a blog about l&#039;Equipe de France. But at the moment there is (unfortunately) nothing to say about Les Bleus. Their next match is a friendly against Urugay 19-11-08,
      which is the &lt;strong&gt;last&lt;/strong&gt; match for Les Bleus this year. We French fans, are only able to watch about 6 matches a year. Poor us.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      As there is very little to say about Les Bleus, I focussed on other aspects of football too. And if I see a remarkable football video/picture I&#039;ll share it with you :). It would be nice if you
      would share with me too. That&#039;s why I would like other people to write on my blog as well: By this I mean that we can own with more people this blog, since I only know much about the French
      national team.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      But let&#039;s enjoy this smexy football porn video :)
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
        &lt;div&gt;
          Added: about 23 hours ago&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; by: &lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://www.oleole.com/profile/LesBleus&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#E54720&quot;&gt;LesBleus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
        &lt;/div&gt;
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          &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;
            &lt;embed wmode=&quot;transparent&quot; height=&quot;471&quot; width=&quot;593&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/I4ImFGJRRoE&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; /&gt;
          &lt;/p&gt;
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    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:43:48 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Video: Franck Ribery kills Miroslav Klose with a X-Box</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/video-franck-ribery-kills-miroslav-klose-with-a-x-box</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/video-franck-ribery-kills-miroslav-klose-with-a-x-box</guid>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      When I was writing last post, I forgot to include a video. So now I&#039;ll send it. Now you will know why Klose is so afraid of Ribery. Poor Klose. This is the reason why nobody wants to X-Box with
      Ribery. And you all know I&#039;m a big Ribery-Fan.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;embed wmode=&quot;transparent&quot; height=&quot;471&quot; width=&quot;593&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/jc9bSlTGF9k&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:24:01 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>X-Box Players Ribery and Benzema On list for Ballon D&#039;Or</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/x-box-players-ribery-and-benzema-on-list-for-ballon-dor</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/x-box-players-ribery-and-benzema-on-list-for-ballon-dor</guid>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      Our French players are doing well. 2 of them are nominated on the list of Ballon d&#039;Or, a special trophy given out to the best player of the year. Our French 2 players are: Franck RIBERY and
      Karim BENZEMA. What do they have in common? Answer: they like gaming on a X-Box.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Watch this video where Franck Ribery beats Miroslav Klose on the X-Box. I&#039;m a Ribery-Fan, but when I saw this video, I thought: &quot;poor Klose :(&quot;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      It seems like Karim Benzema is winning on an very exciting game, since his face is like: &quot;HA! I killed your Pokemon, ghehehe, GNA GNA GNA.&quot;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;img src=&quot;http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/tehmegan/benz7110.jpg&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Now I know why nobody wants to play on the X-Box with Karim Benzema or Franck Ribery.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      This is the full list of the thirty nominated people for Ballon d&#039;Or. I think Messi or Ronaldo will win, but I go for Benzema and Ribery. I really hope C. Ronaldo doesn&#039;t win it.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo, Arsenal)&lt;br /&gt;
      Sergio Agüero (Argentinië, Atlético Madrid)&lt;br /&gt;
      Andrei Arshavin (Russia, Zenit Sint-Petersbur)&lt;br /&gt;
      Michael Ballack (Germany, Chelsea)&lt;br /&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;Karim Benzema&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(France, Olympique Lyon&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
      &lt;br /&gt;
      Gianluigi Buffon (Italië, Juventus)&lt;br /&gt;
      Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid)&lt;br /&gt;
      Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United)&lt;br /&gt;
      Didier Drogba (Ivor coast, Chelsea)&lt;br /&gt;
      Samuel Eto&#039;o (Kameroen, Barcelona)&lt;br /&gt;
      &lt;br /&gt;
      Cesc Fàbregas (Spain, Arsenal)&lt;br /&gt;
      Fernando Torres (Spain, Liverpool)&lt;br /&gt;
      Steven Gerrard (Engeland, Liverpool)&lt;br /&gt;
      Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Zweden, Internazionale)&lt;br /&gt;
      Kaká (Brazilië, AC Milan)&lt;br /&gt;
      &lt;br /&gt;
      Frank Lampard (Engeland, Chelsea)&lt;br /&gt;
      Lionel Messi (Argentinië, Barcelona)&lt;br /&gt;
      Pepe (Portugal, Real Madrid)&lt;br /&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;Franck Ribèry (France, Bayern München)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Wayne Rooney (Engeland, Manchester United)&lt;br /&gt;
      &lt;br /&gt;
      Marcos Senna (Spanje, Villarreal)&lt;br /&gt;
      Sergio Ramos (Spanje, Real Madrid)&lt;br /&gt;
      Luca Toni (Italië, Bayern München)&lt;br /&gt;
      Edwin van der Sar (Nederland, Manchester United)&lt;br /&gt;
      Rafael van der Vaart (Nederland, Real Madrid)&lt;br /&gt;
      &lt;br /&gt;
      Ruud van Nistelrooy (Nederland, Real Madrid)&lt;br /&gt;
      Nemanja Vidic (Servië, Manchester United)&lt;br /&gt;
      David Villa (Spanje, Valencia)&lt;br /&gt;
      Xavi (Spanje, Barcelona)&lt;br /&gt;
      Yuri Zhirkov (Rusland, CSKA Moskou)
    &lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:48:28 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Benzema&#039;s and Ribery&#039;s favourite game? See photos.</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/benzemas-and-riberys-favourite-game-see-photos-1</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/benzemas-and-riberys-favourite-game-see-photos-1</guid>
    <description>&lt;div&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        There is team chemistry between Big Benz and Ribery on the field. But also off the field:
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img width=&quot;500&quot; src=&quot;http://france.worldcupblog.org/files/2008/06/benzema-ribery.jpg&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img width=&quot;399&quot; src=&quot;http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x218/lavendermusk/FrenchplayersFranckRiberyLjokeswith.jpg&quot; height=&quot;263&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img width=&quot;399&quot; src=&quot;http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x218/lavendermusk/FrenchplayersFranckRiberyRjokeswith.jpg&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img width=&quot;399&quot; src=&quot;http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x218/lavendermusk/FrenchsoccerplayerFranckRiberyLjoke.jpg&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img width=&quot;399&quot; src=&quot;http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x218/lavendermusk/FrenchsoccerplayerFranckRiberyLj-1.jpg&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        &lt;img src=&quot;http://france.worldcupblog.org/files/2008/06/benzribbig.jpg&quot; /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;
        Benzema and Ribery together look like 5-year olds. However, I would be really scared if I have a son who is 5 year old and looks like Ribery.
      &lt;/p&gt;
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:43:02 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>France 3 - Tunesia 1 + Domenech is STAYING till 2010!</title>
    <link>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/france-3-tunesia-1-domenech-is-staying-till-2010</link>
    <guid>http://www.oleole.com/blogs/france-road-to-world-cup-2010/posts/france-3-tunesia-1-domenech-is-staying-till-2010</guid>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;
      First the good news: Henry scored 2 goals yesterday! Benzema scored the 3rd goal! Yay! Gourcuff played very well, and after Henry got substituted, Toulalan was captain!
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;strong&gt;AFTER&amp;nbsp;BENZEMAS GOAL, NOTICE THIS:&lt;/strong&gt; After the goal, note how while Thierry Henry is hugging Benzema, he motions Ben Arfa over and hugs him with the other hand. I am really
      pleased to see this kind of leadership from Titi. The team really needs it to bridge the gaps between generations and players.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      So what were your thoughts on the game in general?
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Bad News: Jooma scored a goal so the result was 3-1
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      Even more bad news: DOMENECH IS STAYING TILL 2010! AAIGHT! This is a disastre. Merde. What do you think about it? A man who watches stars to decide which tactic to use? This means Trezeguet and
      Frey wont play for France.
    &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS and ill reply, I really need to talk about this disaster!
    &lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:45:48 -0500</pubDate>
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