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France vs Albania Report
News about Bosnia & Herzegovina’s trouncing of Luxembourg put Les Bleus under pressure early on. Thankfully for the home crowd, the French responded quite well to their demands. The inclusion of Gomis, Patrice Evra, Florent Malouda and Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri in Laurent Blanc’s lineup increased France’s chances of beating the Albanians who eventually were second-best throughout the match.
Cabaye was unlucky enough to see his 25-yard strike fly just wide. It was Florent Malouda who broke the deadlock. He opened the scoring with a deflected shot of which the cross came through the efforts of Remy.
France vs Albania Preview
The French are poised to edge past Albania to remain in the lead in the table. After opening their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a shocking home defeat to Belarus, Les Bleus bounced back with 2 wins in Paris. Laurent Blanc’s men are expected to record their third consecutive victory on home soil against Albania. But they will have to do so without the likes of Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema who netted an 11th minute goal in Tirana back in September. Benzema has been out of action since picking up a hamstring injury against Ajax in the UEFA Champions League.
Argentina Must Beat Albania As The Copa America’s Just Around The Corner
Argentina are under a bit of pressure ahead of tonight’s warm-up game at home to Albania. The 2011 Copa America hosts have lost their last two friendly matches and time’s running out for boss Sergio Batista to multiply the confidence in the hearts of the Albicelestes’ supporters who aim to see the Copa America trophy remain in Argentina. One remark, however, is that the team that suffered dreadful results against Nigeria and Poland during the first week of June was made of U-25 players based in Europe. That said, it is only on Monday night that Sergio Batista will be able to give a much clearer idea of how the Albicelestes will really perform during the 2011 Copa America competition.
Euro 2012 Qualifying – Albania vs Luxembourg Match Preview
A point clinched away to Romania was satisfactory for Albania to head into their Euro 2012 qualifying match against Luxembourg with some confidence. Albania’s opponents lost 3-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina last week and are thus at the bottom of Group D, whereas Albania are set to keep fighting at the top of the table.
Tuesday’s hosts are aware that lack of concentration could blow their hopes in the Euro 2012 qualifiers away. Albania’s Josip Kuze, who should start upfront along with Hamdi Salih against Luxembourg, share his opinion as he told the press:
Albania v Portugal Live Match Preview
A Seleccao are on the brink of missing out from the World Cup in 2010 after a string of poor results left them third in Group A, with only six points out of five games and seven points behind joint leaders Denmark and Hungary.
Carlos Queiroz hasn’t managed to guide Portugal to a successful run of matches so far and unfortunately for the team, victories come in friendly games rather than in competitive encounters. The Portuguese have drawn all of their last three qualifiers since dramatically losing 2-3 to Denmark at home. The alarms of woes are ringing loudly for the Portuguese to perform and to get the right results before it’s too late.