France will face a tough opening game against England on Monday in their Group D match at Donbass Arena, Donetsk - the city of Ukraine. France has been exceptional in their latest matches, which will help them to start with passion in the group matches. They last hold on Euro championship in year 2000.
France exhibited a world rank of 14 and has formed many great attacking players along the years, Nasri, Ribery and Benzema are the strongest players that can give tough time to any good side. Loic Remy is out of competition due to a hip injury.
Probable France line-up for match includes: Hugo Lloris; Mathieu Debuchy, Adil Rami, Philippe Mexès, Patrice Evra; Yohan Cabaye, Alou Diarra, Florent Malouda; Samir Nasri, Karim Benzema, Franck Ribéry.
The England encloses 6 as their world ranking; however, they are diminished by the absence of their most important players like Lampard, Cahill, Barry and Ruddy, due to injuries. The biggest set back for England is their best player Rooney banned for two games, which includes this group match too. The England team projected line-up including: Joe Hart, Phil Jones, John Terry, Joleon Lescott, Leighton Baines, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Young, Andy Carroll, Danny Welbeck.
These two are the toughest teams in this group. The results are favoring France as England has been physically weak facing major injuries they held up recently, while France looks relatively stronger.
England and France go into the Group D opener on June 11th. Things don't look so good for Roy Hodgsons's men as England has successively lost the five last games against Les Blues. And to worsen the matters France will come into the field after the thrashing Estonia 4-0 and with the daunting feats of the players like Benzema and Frank Ribery. This will definitely change Laurent Blanc's unbeaten streak record.
Looking at the present situation, it seems that England won't stand a chance in this group but you can never be so sure about football, especially when you're talking about international football. Nevertheless the bad luck for the team is that Gary Cahil (jaw), Gareth Barry (stomach), Frank Lampard (thigh) and John Ruddy (finger) are all out of the tournament. But the good news for the coach is that Chelsea's centre-back John Terry was declared fit for the Euro Cup who was a main injury concern for Roy Hodgson.
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On the other hand, France has only one injury to worry about and that is the striker Loic Remy; who is suffering from a hip injury. With him, Mapou Yanga-Mibwa and Yoann Gourcuff were also shortlisted from the squad. But whatever the reasons, you can never predict so well in football.
Match Details
Group D France vs England
Competition: UEFA Euro Cup 2012 5th Match
Date: Monday, June 11, 2012
Venue: Donbass Arena Stadium -Donetsk
Kick Off Time: 17:00pm UK Time
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