Ribery defeats England with a penalty kick

Ribery defeats England with a penalty kick

Highlights: France 1 - 0 England Highlights

France 1-0 England Live Text Commentary Full Time
90′+3′ The referee ends the game, France win 1-0.
90′+2′ Djibril Cisse is flagged off play.
88′ Peter Crouch is caught offside.
87′ David Bentley sends a corner kick and Cisse misses the target.
86′ Abidal delivers and Ribery is denied by the keeper.
82′ Djibril Cisse tries to score but he is blocked.
80′ France Substitution: Nicolas Anelka is replaced by Djibril Cisse.
78′ Peter Crouch delivers and Owen is caught offside.
75′ Nicolas Anelka brings the ball into the danger zone and Ribery shoots wide.
71′ Toulalan delivers and Anelka shoots wide.
69′ Claude Makelele delivers and Ferdinand clears the ball.
65′ Nicolas Anelka is caught offside.
65′ Franck Ribery sends a corner kick.
64′ France Substitution: David Trezeguet is replaced by Sidney Govou.
64′ England Substitution: Wes Brown (ENG) is coming off and he is replaced by Glen Johnson (ENG)
63′ England Substitution: David Beckham (ENG) is coming off and he is replaced by David Bentley (ENG)
63′ Michael Owen delivers and Crouch shoots wide.
56′ Eric Abidal shoots wide from long range.
53′ David Beckham delivers again and the equalizer is not found.
51′ David Beckham delivers and Gallas clears.
50′ Nicolas Anelka shows some nice skills and misses the target.
48′ David Beckham sends a corner kick and Crouch misses the target.
46′ England Substitution: Steven Gerrard is replaced by Michael Owen.
46′ England Substitution: Joe Cole is replaced by Stewart Downing.
46′ England Substitution: Wayne Rooney is replaced by Peter Crouch.
46′ England Substitution: John Terry is replaced by Joleon Lescott.
46′ The second half has started.

45′+1′ The referee ends the first half.
43′ Gareth Barry delivers and Wayne Rooney’s header is saved by Coupet.
41′ David Trezeguet is caught offside.
39′ Yellow Card: David Beckham is booked.
37′ Nicolas Anelka shows some nice skills and Malouda is denied by the keeper.
36′ Lilian Thuram clears.
36′ David Beckham sends a corner kick.
36′ Steven Gerrard shoots wide.
35′ David Trezeguet is flagged offside.
33′ Joe Cole tries to score and he is blocked.
32′ Yellow card: Frank Ribery is booked.
32′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 1 - 0 Franck Ribery transforms the penalty kick.
31′ PENALTY KICK!!! Anelka is fouled by David James.
31′ Franck Ribery delivers and….
26′ Ashley Cole is flagged offside.
24′ Steven Gerrard sends a corner kick and the attack is finished with a wide header.
21′ Wes Brown delivers and Gerrard misses the target.
20′ Steven Gerrard shoots wide.
18′ David Beckham brings the ball into the box and Thuram clears it.
15′ Ashley Cole delivers and Coupet clears the danger.
12′ Florent Malouda delivers and Nicolas Anelka shoots from long range, the keeper denies him.
10′ Toulalan delivers and James retains the ball.
8′ Franck Ribery delivers and Anelka sends the ball off target.
5′ David Beckham sends a corner kick for England and Thuram clears again.
5′ David Beckham delivers and Thuram clears the ball.
4′ France have a throw-in.
2′ Owen Hargreaves commits a foul on Makelele.
1′ France have the first touch of the game.
1′ The referee blows the starting whistle.

Top Class match at the Stade de France on Wednesday. This week we have an extended match-day with International Friendly Games. France vs England is considered the main event of the evening and I will cover this event live online, free for everyone. Live text commentary will be provided. You can also get live streams and follow the game on video streaming.

David Beckham is very close to playing his 100th game for England as he was recalled to the English roster by the Italian coach Fabio Capello. France will be training for the Euro 2008 while England would want to prove that they belonged to the Euro, after the huge Qualifiers disappointment.
France lost Karim Benzema who injured himself last weekend, and coach Raymond Domenech replaced him with David Trezeguet.

You can get more info about this game, below in this post. Video highlights will be updated after the game.

France vs England Live Streams
The avaialble live streams will be embedded in the day of the game. The TV Channels will allow you to watch the game live online for free.
Sopcast: Guandong, Shangai, Truck TV, Sports Channel 1, SHTV.
TVants: Shandong, Shangai, Truesports 1, SHTV.
PPMate: BTV 6, Guandong.
TVU Player: Shangai, SHTV.
Pcast: BTV 6.
UUSee: Great Sports Channel, Shangai.
Media Player: Cox TV, Booya TV,

France vs England Preview
Competition: Friendly Game
Date: 26.03.2008
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu
Kick-off: 21:00 CET
Referee: not available yet
Live Coverage: FC Football Blog.

France vs England Odds
More than twice the risked amount can be won in case you bet on France while England bring over three times the paid amount in case that your ticket is a winner. The match odds are displayed below:

France vs England Line-ups
France
23 G. Coupet
13 F. Clerc
15 L. Thuram
5 W. Gallas
3 E. Abidal
22 F. Ribery
6 C. Makelele
8 J. Toulalan
7 F. Malouda
39 N. Anelka
20 D. Trezeguet

England
1 D. James
2 W. Brown
5 R. Ferdinand
6 J. Terry
3 A. Cole
7 D. Beckham
4 O. Hargreaves
8 G. Barry
10 S. Gerrard
11 J. Cole
9 W. Rooney

Rosters
France
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet, Sebastien Frey, Mickael Landreau, Steve Mandanda.

Defenders: Eric Abidal, Jean-Alain Boumsong Francois Clerc, Gael Clichy, Mathieu Delpierre, Julien Escude, Patrice Evra , William Gallas, Gael Givet, Philippe Mexes, Adil Rami, Bakary Sagna, Sebastien Squillaci, Lilian Thuram.

Midfielders: Rio Mavuba, Mathieu Bodmer, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Mathieu Flamini, Claude Makelele, Samir Nasri, Jerome Rothen, Jeremy Toulalan, Patrick Vieira.

Strikers: Nicolas Anelka, Hatem Ben Arfa, Karim Benzema, Jimmy Briand, Djibril Cisse, Sidney Govou, Thierry Henry, Florent Malouda, Franck Ribery, Louis Saha, Mathieu Valbuena.

England
Goalkeepers: David James, Paul Robinson, Chris Kirkland.

Defenders: Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, John Terry, Wes Brown, Joleon Lescott , Gareth Barry, Jonathan Woodgate.

Midfielders: Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Owen Hargreaves, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing, David Bentley.

Forwards: Theo Walcott, (Arsenal), Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Peter Crouch.