some news about french soccer, it might be important for the french national team
-first, marseille, after a dreadful start in ligue 1, is winning again, they are 6th now
the team is very black, but the best players are white
for example benoit cheyrou, but i don't think he will be called in the national team
valbuena, on the other hand, said publicly that he wanted to be part of the french national team for the euro 2012
he is french, of spanish descent
valbuena scored 5 goals in the last 4 games of marseille
he scored the beautiful goal that allowed his team to qualify for the next stage of champions league, against dortmund
[video=youtube;KzpHvD2nUNY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzpHvD2nUNY[/video]
the goal looks like his goal years ago against liverpool in champions league too
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgp332_but-valbuena-liverpool-0-1-marseille_sport
he scored 2 of the 3 goals of his team in this french cup match:
[video=youtube;PlOqvsM0F04]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlOqvsM0F04[/video]
the other white player of marseille who gives good passes is amalfitano
amalfitano is probably of south italian descent, although you can be french and have an italian name in the city he was born in, nice, nissa in the local language, a region part of france only since 1861
amalfitano officially said also that he wanted to be part of the french national team for 2012, but i doubt he will make it
-mathieu bodmer
he is french, but converted to islam
it seems he will play more under the new coach, ancelotti
as you know, PSG has been bought by an arab billionaire
what happens in this kind of situation, is that the club buys a lot of foreign players, a lot of brazilians for PSG, and a few local players play to still look "french"
it seems that bodmer could be one of these local players who play as a titular