European Football Championship 2012 / France

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This article covers the French national team at the 2012 European Football Championship .

qualification

France played in the qualifying group D . This was difficult for the Bleus at the beginning and happy in the end , especially because of the (also personal) after-effects of the “negative appearance” at the World Cup in South Africa . The eleven, coached by the new national coach Laurent Blanc , started with a home defeat against Belarus , but won their next four encounters - including the one with their ultimate main rival, Bosnia-Herzegovina  - before they did not get beyond a draw in the second leg against the Belarusians as little as briefly then in Romania . In the last game, the French only needed one point at the Stade de France against Bosnia-Herzegovina and finally won it against the guest, who was overwhelmingly superior in the opinion of the local media: Only a penalty converted by Samir Nasri in the 78th minute was made the 1: 1 final score.

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was the only player to appear in all ten games. The 15 goals scored for France: Karim Benzema, Yoann Gourcuff, Florent Malouda (3 each), Loïc Rémy (2), Philippe Mexès, Yann M'Vila, Samir Nasri, Anthony Réveillère (1 each).

rank country Gates Points
1 FFF.svg France 15: 04 21st
2 Fed bosnie herzegovine.svg Bosnia-Her. 17: 08 20th
3 Fed roumania.svg Romania 13: 09 14th
4th Belarus Football Federation.svg Belarus 08: 07 13
5 Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit.svg Albania 07:14 09
6th F d ration Luxembourgeoise de Football.svg Luxembourg 03:21 04th
France - Belarus 0: 1
Bosnia-Herzeg. - France 0: 2
France - Romania 2-0
France - Luxembourg 2-0
Luxembourg - France 0: 2
Belarus - France 1: 1
Albania - France 1: 2
Romania - France 0-0
France - Albania 3-0
France - Bosnia-Herzeg. 1: 1

Contingent

Coach Blanc announced his first pre-selection of 26 players for preparation on May 9th and 15th. On May 29, he reported the final 23-man squad to UEFA , for which he did without Loïc Rémy (injured), Yoann Gourcuff and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa . The biggest problem is in the defensive area, because with Éric Abidal and Bacary Sagna, two experienced regular players had to cancel due to injury and Mexès was only able to play a few matches with his club team after a long break. 11 out of 23 players were under contract abroad. The majority played in the Premier League . Two more played in the Primera División , while the Bundesliga and Serie A each provided one player.

Jersey
no.		 Surname Association (a) birthday LSp (b)
(goals)		 One. (c) Gates red G / R yellow
goal
23  Cédric Carrasso  Girondins Bordeaux 12/30/1981 01 ( 00) 0 0 0 0 0
01  Hugo Lloris  Olympique Lyon December 26, 1986 33 ( 00) 4th 0 0 0 0
16  Steve Mandanda  Olympique Marseille March 28, 01985 15 ( 00) 0 0 0 0 0
Defense
22nd  Gaël Clichy  Manchester City (ENG) July 26, 01985 12 ( 00) 3 0 0 0 0
02  Mathieu Debuchy  Lille OSC July 28, 01985 05 ( 01) 4th 0 0 0 1
03  Patrice Evra  Manchester United (ENG) 15. 05.1981 41 ( 00) 1 0 0 0 0
21st  Laurent Koscielny  Arsenal FC (ENG) 10. 09.1985 03 ( 00) 1 0 0 0 0
05  Philippe Mexès  AC Milan (ITA) 30. 03.1982 26 ( 01) 3 0 0 0 2
04th  Adil Rami  Valencia CF (SPA) December 27, 1985 20 ( 01) 4th 0 0 0 0
13  Anthony Réveillère  Olympique Lyon 11/10/1979 17 ( 01) 1 0 0 0 0
midfield
06th  Yohan Cabaye  Newcastle United (ENG) January 14, 01986 13 ( 00) 3 1 0 0 1
18th  Alou Diarra  Olympique Marseille 15. 07.1981 41 ( 00) 3 0 0 0 0
15th  Florent Malouda  Chelsea FC (ENG) June 13, 01980 77 ( 09) 3 0 0 0 0
19th  Marvin Martin  FC Sochaux 10. 01.1988 12 ( 02) 2 0 0 0 0
12  Blaise Matuidi  Paris Saint-Germain 09. 04.1987 04 ( 00) 0 0 0 0 0
17th  Yann M'Vila  Rennes stadium June 29, 01990 19 ( 01) 3 0 0 0 0
11  Samir Nasri  Manchester City (ENG) June 26th, 01987 31 ( 03) 4th 1 0 0 0
07th  Franck Ribery  Bayern Munich (DEU) 07th 04.1983 60 (10) 4th 0 0 0 0
attack
20th  Hatem Ben Arfa  Newcastle United (ENG) 07. 03.1987 11 ( 02) 2 0 0 0 0
10  Karim Benzema  Real Madrid (SPA) December 19, 1987 45 (15) 4th 0 0 0 0
09  Olivier Giroud  HSC Montpellier 30. 09.1986 06 ( 01) 3 0 0 0 0
14th  Jérémy Ménez  Paris Saint-Germain 07. 05.1987 13 ( 01) 3 1 0 0 2
08th  Mathieu Valbuena  Olympique Marseille September 28, 01984 12 ( 02) 0 0 0 0 0
Trainer
  Laurent Blanc 11/19/1965 23 (d)
(a) indicated is the club with which the player was under contract at the end of the 2011/12 season
(b)A international matches before the start of the tournament; As of June 5, 2012
(c) Appearances during the European Championship finals
(d) only international matches as a coach

French team games

preparation

In preparation for the tournament, which will be held in Poland and Ukraine , the French association played three more friendly matches in their own country in late May and early June. After the draw, the French decided to take their quarters in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine , where they could use the training and infrastructure facilities of Shakhtar .

EM preliminary round

France have played against England (0-0 at Euro 1992 , 2-1 at Euro 2004 ) and Sweden (1-1 at Euro 1992) in previous European Championship finals, but not yet against Ukraine. The Bleus won the last international match against the three group opponents against Ukraine 4: 1 (June 2011 in Donetsk), against England 2: 1 (November 2010 in London) and against Sweden 3: 2 (August 2008 in Gothenburg).

Group D
rank country Gates Points
1 England 5: 3 7th
2 FFF.svg France 3: 3 4th
3 Ukraine Football Association.svg Ukraine 2: 4 3
4th Logo Svenska Fotbollförbundet.svg Sweden 5: 5 3
Lloris - Debuchy, Rami, Mexès, Evra - Cabaye (85th Ben Arfa), Diarra - Ribéry, Nasri, Malouda (85th Martin) - Benzema(C)Captain of the crew
Goals: 0: 1 Lescott (30th), 1: 1 Nasri (39th)
Personal punishments: none
  • June 15, 8.45pm, Donetsk, France - Ukraine 2-0 (0-0)
Lloris - Debuchy, Rami, Mexès, Clichy - Cabaye (68th M'Vila), Diarra - Ménez (73rd Martin), Nasri, Ribéry - Benzema (76th Giroud)(C)Captain of the crew
Goals: 1-0 Ménez (53rd), 2-0 Cabaye (56th)
Personal punishments: Ménez, Debuchy, Mexès (both yellow)
Special incidents: The game was interrupted for almost an hour after five minutes due to a thunderstorm with heavy precipitation.
  • June 19, 8.45 p.m., Kiev , France - Sweden 0: 2 (0: 0)
Lloris - Debuchy, Rami, Mexès, Clichy - M'Vila (82nd Giroud), Diarra - Ben Arfa (59th Malouda), Nasri (77th Ménez), Ribéry - Benzema(C)Captain of the crew
Goals: 0-1 Ibrahimović (54th), 0-2 Larsson (90th + 1)
Personal punishments: Mexès (yellow)

Quarter finals

The Bleus have also played against quarter-final opponents Spain in previous European Championship finals: 2-0 in the 1984 final , 1: 1 in the preliminary round in 1996 and 2: 1 in the 2000 quarter-finals . However, they lost the last friendly meeting in March 2010 with 0: 2.

  • June 23, 8.45 p.m., Donetsk, France - Spain 0: 2 (0: 1)
Lloris - Réveillère, Rami, Koscielny, Clichy - Debuchy (65th Ménez), M'Vila (79th Giroud) - Malouda (65th Nasri), Cabaye, Ribéry - Benzema(C)Captain of the crew
Goals: 0: 1 Xabi Alonso (19th), 0: 2 Xabi Alonso (90th + 1, penalty kick)
Personal punishments: Cabaye, Ménez (both yellow)

Remarks

  1. ↑ Kicker special issue Euro 2012 , p. 135
  2. ↑ see the player list on the association website
  3. ↑ see the notification from the FFF ( Memento of the original of May 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from February 9, 2012 on the association's website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fff.fr