Back France @
12/1 to win the
World Cup.....4/9
to win
Group G......
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Back Switzerland @
100/1 to win the
World Cup.....7/2
to win
Group G......
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France have kept
faith in 11 of the side that crashed out in the first round in
Korea/Japan 2002,
several of them members of the 1998 FIFA World Cup-winning squad who,
maybe, are nearing the end of their careers. Internal squabbling
marred their run then and the 1998 champions were eliminated without a
win or a goal from the group stage. Liverpool striker Djibril
Cisse has been ruled out of the World Cup after fracturing his right
tibia in a friendly against China in St Etienne. French midfielder
Florent Malouda who missed training on Friday is a doubt.
Both were paired
together in Group 4 of the European Zone qualifying competition, where
they met twice, drawing on each occasion, and endured a dramatic qualifying campaign. The group was only decided
on the final matchday with France winning 4-0 against Cyprus to claim
top spot, two points ahead of the Swiss, who later secured their ticket
here after a play-off success over Turkey on away goals rule. Right back
Valon Behrami is unlikely to be fit as he struggles to shake off a groin
injury.
On a + 3/4 ball
handicap, I'll have to go for the Swiss.
Both nations competed in the same group during their qualifying campaign
and drawn their 2 encounters.
Back
Switzerland on a + 3/4 ball in Asian handicap @ 1.95 with
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France :
coach Raymond Domenech
Goalkeepers:
1 LANDREAU Mickael(Nantes,
FRA), 16 BARTHEZ Fabien(Marseille,
FRA), 23 COUPET Gregory(Lyon,
FRA)
Defenders: 2 BOUMSONG Jean-Alain(Newcastle,
ENG), 3 ABIDAL Eric(Lyon,
FRA), 5 GALLAS
William(Chelsea,
ENG), 13 SILVESTRE Mikael(Manchester
Utd., ENG), 15 THURAM Lilian(Juventus,
ITA), 17 GIVET Gael(Monaco,
FRA), 19 SAGNOL
Willy(Bayern
Munich, GER), 21 CHIMBONDA Pascal(Wigan,
ENG)
Midfielders: 4 VIEIRA Patrick(Juventus,
ITA), 6 MAKELELE Claude(Chelsea,
ENG), 7 MALOUDA
Florent(Lyon,
FRA), 8 DHORASOO Vikash(Paris
St-Germain, FRA), 10 ZIDANE Zinedine(Real
Madrid, ESP), 18 DIARRA Alou(Lens,
FRA), 22
RIBERY Frank(Marseille,
FRA)
Forwards: 9 CISSE Djibril(Liverpool,
ENG), 11 WILTORD Sylvain(Lyon,
FRA), 12 HENRY Thierry(Arsenal,
ENG),
14 SAHA Louis(Manchester
Utd., ENG), 20 TREZEGUET David(Juventus,
ITA)
Switzerland :
coach Jakob ‘Kobi’ Kuhn
Goalkeepers:
1 ZUBERBUEHLER Pascal(Basel,
SUI), 12 BENAGLIO Diego(Nacional
Madeira, POR), 21 COLTORTI Fabio(Grasshopper-Club,
SUI)
Defenders: 2 DJOUROU Johan(Arsenal,
ENG), 3 MAGNIN Ludovic(VfB
Stuttgart, GER), 4 SENDEROS
Philippe(Arsenal,
ENG), 13 GRICHTING Stephane(Auxerre,
FRA), 17 SPYCHER Christoph(Eintracht
Frankfurt, GER), 20 MUELLER
Patrick(Lyon,
FRA), 23 DEGEN Philipp(Borussia
Dortmund, GER)
Midfielders: 5 MARGAIRAZ Xavier(FC
Zurich, SUI), 6 VOGEL Johann(AC
Milan, ITA), 7 CABANAS
Ricardo(FC
Cologne, GER), 8 WICKY Raphael(Hamburger
SV, GER), 15 DZEMAILI Blerim(FC
Zurich, SUI), 16 BARNETTA Tranquillo(Bayer
Leverkusen, GER), 19
BEHRAMI Valon(Lazio,
ITA)
Forwards: 9 FREI Alexander(Rennes,
FRA), 10 GYGAX Daniel(Lille,
FRA), 11 STRELLER Marco(FC
Cologne, GER),
14 DEGEN David(Basel,
SUI), 18 LUSTRINELLI Mauro(Sparta
Prague, CZE), 22 VONLANTHEN Johan(NAC
Breda, NED)
Probable lineups:
France (4-3-1-2):
16-Fabien Barthez (80-0); 19-Willy Sagnol (38-0), 15-Lilian Thuram
(114-2), 5-William Gallas (40-1), 3-Eric Abidal (8-0); 4-Patrick Vieira
(87-4), 6-Claude Makelele (43-0), 7-Florent Malouda (13-2); 10-Zinedine
Zidane (102-28); 14-Louis Saha (9-2), 12-Thierry Henry (78-33)
Switzerland (4-5-1)
1-Pascal Zuberbuehler (40-0); 3-Ludovic Magnin (30-2), 4-Philippe
Senderos (12-2), 20-Patrick Mueller (64-3), 23-Philipp Degen (15-0);
8-Raphael Wicky (67-1), 6-Johann Vogel (85-2), 10-Daniel Gygax (22-5),
7-Ricardo Cabanas (37-4), 16-Tranquillo Barnetta (13-2); 9-Alex Frei
(45-25)
Referee: Valentin
Ivanov (Russia)
Linesmen: Nikoli Golubev (Russia), Evgeni Volnin (Russia)
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