Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Les Bleus with Ciani in the middle of the defense

According to reports from Clairefontaine, the Bordeaux center back Ciani will find himself starting tomorrow against Spain in the middle of the French defense. Ciani will apparently shoulder Escude with Sagna and Evra on the wings. The choice of Escude makes sense since Domenech has always favored the Sevilla man, while I am not a huge fan of his, I much rather see him on the pitch rather than Boumsong! The other interesting note - Ribery apparently will start, but on the right side with Henry on the left. Anelka will be the point man with Gignac injured. Interesting that the Bayern man will be placed back on the side he does not favor.

It will be interesting to see how the defense plays with a central pairing that is raw and untested as well as how will Ribery find his way back into the formation.

2 comments:

Adam said...

I assume Dommer is playing a 4-3-3 with Gourcuff, Lass and Toulalan in MF, and Ribery and Henry on the wings. I really like this formation. We'll have to see if it's as good on the pitch as it is in FIFA 2010...

GFC said...

He will be playing his usual: 4-2-3-1

However with the players lined up the game could quickly shift to a 4-3-3 or even a 4-4-2, depending on how high Henry and Ribery decide to push up and how deep Gourcuff drops.