Coments : Rodolfo Ruffatti, San Salvador, El Salvador 9/6/2007 7:24 PM I'd like to see France field a team without African-born players, Luxemburg could probably beat them then. All that tough talk and they are nothing without their 'imported' Africans.
mike, canada 9/6/2007 7:50 PM rodolfo u r exactly right the whole team is african lmao, it proves that france cannot raise its own footballers bren, Montreal 9/6/2007 8:03 PM no one is criticizing france for having black players it's because most of their players arent even born in france. hey if spain followed their example they would have a team full of south Americans... omar, sthlm, swe 9/6/2007 8:04 PM Sure, many of the players are born in, or have African ancestry but to say France cannot raise its own footballers is completely wrong. They have all come through French football academies and French clubs, at least at youth level. Some probably have enough natural skill to have made it to the elite even if they were still in their native country but I doubt that all of them would have been as successful as they are now. They might have come from Africa, but France made them footballers. Moh'd, Cairo 9/6/2007 8:09 PM I agree with Rodolfo and Mike, but i disagree about raising own players, France have great players but the coaches don't recognize them just to name a few: Phillip Mexes(Roma), Pascal Cygan(Villarreal), Laurent Robert(X-Newcastle), Johan Micoud(Bordeaux), Jerome Rothen(PSG), Pedretti, Johan Gourcuff(Milan). Dunstan Stober, Freetown, Sierra Leone 9/6/2007 8:09 PM Other countries should import Africans then! Africans sparkle in leagues the world over but have failed to impress themselves on the world stage. So give credit to France for giving them that extra finess. I think the world cup was a fluke for Italy, France will woop you on saturday. c a r a c a l, Africa 9/6/2007 8:22 PM Thierry Henry - born Paris France Malouda - Cayenne, French Guiana Abidal - Lyon, France Ribery, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Lassana Diarra, Paris France Abou Diaby, Paris France, Nicolas Anelka - Versailles, France Next time do some research before opening your mouths, fools unimportant, canada 9/6/2007 8:22 PM france does have a few good France born players, like henry, saha(paris),anelka (versalilles), sagnol, ribery, pedretti, coupet, squallaci (somwhere, france), and had zidane (marsielle). Though i agrre players like viera should be playing for sengal, and the likes of thruam, makalele, gallas etc. Where your born you play, unless borders changed or something i.e czechslovakia, i think the home grown talent is ill appreciated in france, its not nurtered enough, i dont mean france would naturally be as strong as they are with onyl pure frenchies but they do have a decent set of footballers. By the way im no frenchy so dont attack me, i actually admire italy's selection of almost all domestic players, too few countreis commit to to such polocies where good footballers may be left out if the play abroad (miccoli, maresca, cassano). jake, usa 9/6/2007 8:59 PM dude the african players are french raised and taught their trade in france! Its great that the best players play for the team and they happen to be of african origin mostly. Its like saying the american team should play with native indians bcos all the whites are from Europe actually! you guys make no sense Joe, Canada 9/6/2007 9:23 PM Honesstly i think rodolfo is a complete champ... that was exactly wat ive been sayin the last 10 yrs... all the imports have saved that team... Luxemburg u say...not even i think Swaziland can beat France then lmao P.SSTOP complaining that u lost the world cup... FRANCE bren, Montreal 9/6/2007 10:06 PM lassana, diany, anelka??? pfff i'd hardly call them first 11, and out of 24-25 plays only 5-6 of them are french pff pathetic. oh and italy has plenty of people of italian decent in the world, for example counties like uruguay, argentina, brazil have lots of people of italian decent yet i dont see italy importing them and making excuses. think before you open ur mouth carcal the foul Mohammed Hayat, Kuwait 9/6/2007 10:32 PM Bravo Gigi , u r classy as always , Forza Gigi Brian, Jamaica 9/6/2007 10:37 PM Well said Gigi Stucatz, Canada 9/6/2007 10:41 PM It is not important where they are born as they have to qualify under EUFA guidelines. Also please do not label the whole team or country for that matter, upon what a coach and disoriented player has said. Other team mates such as Henry have come forward claiming that their coaches views is exactly that ...his views. I wish for a good and entertaining game but I know that my beloved Azzurri will be on top. Forza! Nice try, USA 9/6/2007 11:38 PM ..Camoressi ...Italian? born in Argentina Anthony, Canada 9/7/2007 12:50 AM Jake thats not like having the american team play with all native indians at all hahaha. Yeah the american players may not native indian backround...but most were born in the country. The argument being made is not enough of the players on the France team are born in France lol. -- Cavaliere AC Milan atau tidak sama sekal! FORZA INDONESIA >> Tak pernah berhenti berharap Indonesia bisa tampil di Piala Dunia. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
