Wednesday, March 03, 2010

France line up as we expected

Domenech lines up his typical 4-2-3-1 with Toulalan and Diarra as the holding midfielders, Henry - Gourcuff - Ribery as the offensive midfielders. A good comment from Adam who points out that this could resemble a 4-3-3 with Henry-Anelka-Ribery being the up front strikers. A good observation what with these players on the field the formation could easily shift and allow Gourcuff to push deeper between Diarra and Toulalan - playing a similar role that Pirlo plays with Italy - a deep lying play maker.

Alternatively France could drop to a 4-4-2 with Henry and Anelka as the strikers and Diarra-Toulalan-Gourcuff-Ribery as the midfield. Then again a side with the quality of Spain it might not matter what formation you are playing!

Allez les bleus

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