France

es  GooL - France qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals through the playoffs. Because it is inSouth Africa they will have to prove that they deserved to compete in the finals.

The second leg of the European Zone qualifying playoff between France against theRepublic of Ireland (18/11) will be remembered as one of the worst scandal of the WorldCup. The public world of football can not forgive France and Thierry Henry. William Gallasscored from assists Henry clearly handball invite widespread criticism. Wine country wasdeemed unfit to qualify for South Africa.

Public doubts the power of the 1998 World Cup. Very poor record of their qualifications,just a 1-0 win over the Faroe Islands and repeatedly drew their team should besubjected.

France is now considered to have lost generation. 1998 era of the golden generation has passed. Pullback Zidane, Fabient Barthez, Laurent Blanc and Lilian Thruman from the national team can not be sustained well by Henry and his colleagues now. When theybecome stars in their respective clubs. With them, the French reached the lowest point inEuro 2008, while not able to get away from the group phase.

Expectations had emerged with the advent of Franck Ribery. He became the link between midfield and forward. Not only that Ribery is often a unifying force in the locker room. But the French consequently become too dependent on him. France is chaos nowleft the star.

Strength of France is considered not much changed from the 2008 Cup. Roosters teamis still expected to qualify for the last 16, but the fewer the mengunggulkannya becomechampion. Need a new innovation of Raymond Domenech, in order to penetrate more than a quarter-final.