Posts Tagged ‘Laurent Blanc’
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Sweden 2 France 0- Match report
0June 20, 2012 by Adam Gray
France surrendered their 22 match unbeaten record with a slow, disjointed performance in Kiev that will have Laurent Blanc concerned about his sides chances of going past the quarter-final stage of this tournament. France will now play Spain as they finished runners-up in Group B thanks to this defeat to a Swedish side that had already been eliminated.
Despite the French sporadically threatening in a nervy affair, the Swedes had the majority of the chances and took the lead through a superb Zlatan Ibrahimovic volley shortly after half-time, before Sebastian Larsson sealed the win in the final stages of the match. Whilst the result restored a great deal of pride to a poor tournament for Erik Hamren’s men, the French will head into Saturday’s difficult encounter with Spain facing questions over their mentality after limping through the group stage.
Category EURO 2012, Reports | Tags: Adil Rami, Alliou Diarra, Anders Svensson, Christian Wilhelmsson, Edir Bajrami, Erik Hamren, euro 2012, euro 2012 group D, France, Franck Ribery, Hugo Lloris, Jeremy Menez, Jonas Olsson, Kiev, Kim Kallstrom, Laurent Blanc, Martin Olsson, Mathieu Debuchy, Ola Toivanen, Olivier Giroud, Olof Mellberg, Phillipe Mexes, Samir Nasri, Sebastian Larsson, Spain, Sweden, Thomas Granqvist, Yann M'Villa, Yohann Cabaye, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Euro 2012 preview, Sweden vs. France, Group D, Kiev Olympic Stadium, Kiev
0June 18, 2012 by Adam Gray
Group D in Euro 2012
France all but secured their place in the last eight with a 2-0 win over Ukraine on matchday 2 to take them to 22 games unbeaten, whilst Sweden crashed out of the tournament following a 3-2 to defeat to England in Kiev.
Ukraine provided a stern examination of Laurent Blanc’s team in a rain drenched evening in Donetsk, but the class of a vibrant attack containing Samir Nasri, Karim Benzema, Franck Ribery and Jeremy Menez shone through in the end as Menez and midfielder Yohann Cabaye edged Les Blues home in the second half. Erik Hamren’s Swedes have looked poor in this tournament however, conceding to two late Andriy Shevchenko headers against Ukraine in matchday 1 and capitulating in the final half hour after being gifted a 2-1 lead against England.
Category EURO 2012, Previews | Tags: Alliou Diarra, Anders Svensson, Erik Hamren, Euro 2012. Euro 2102 group D, France, Franck Ribery, Gael Clichy, Jeremy Menez, Johann Elmander, Jonas Olsson, Karim Benzema, Kiev, Kim Kallstrom, Laurent Blanc, Laurent Koscielny, Martin Olsson, Mathieu Debuchy, Mikael Lustig, Ola Toivanen, Olof Mellberg, Samir Nasri, Sweden, sweden france euro 2012, sweden france line ups, sweden france lineup, sweden france prediction, sweden france preview, sweden france tactics, Yann M'Villa, Yohann Cabaye, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
