the results of football matches the world part four

FAROE ISLANDS: Formuladeildin
B36 Torshavn	1 - 2	EB Streymur
IF Fuglafjordur	7 - 1	HB Torshavn
Klaksvik	5 - 1	NSI Runavik
Sandur	0 - 3	Toftir
FINLAND: Veikkausliiga
JJK Jyväskylä	2 - 1	Haka
FINLAND: Ykkonen
Espoo	0 - 0	Hameenlinna
HIFK	0 - 2	Lahti
FINLAND: Kakkonen Group A
MPS	1 - 6	Atlantis
Gnistan	3 - 2	Mikkeli
Kiffen	0 - 0	Sudet
Kuusysi	2 - 2	LPS
Pallohonka	4 - 0	KaPa
KTP	1 - 2	GrIFK
FINLAND: Kakkonen Group B
BK-46	3 - 0	Narpes
Ilves	2 - 2	LoPa
MuSa	0 - 4	JaPS
TiPS	7 - 0	TuTo
AIFK	5 - 2	Pallo-Iirot
Jazz Pori	1 - 3	SalPa
FINLAND: Kakkonen Group C
PK-37	4 - 1	Riverball
ViPa	1 - 4	GBK Kokkola
Warkaus	0 - 2	Kiisto
YPA	3 - 1	HauPa
Santa Claus	2 - 2	Vaajakoski
FRANCE: Ligue 1
Auxerre	4 - 1	Sochaux
Brest	1 - 1	Ajaccio
Rennes	1 - 1	St Etienne
FRANCE: Ligue 2
Nantes	1 - 0	Clermont
FYR OF MACEDONIA: First League
Shkendija	1 - 0	Bregalnica Stip

Crew Win with Luchametric Formation; Thierry Henry Gets What's Coming to Him

Jack Ruby style, like a thief in the night, El Luchador tonight confronted the cheating Thierry Henry at Crew Stadium after the Red Bulls' humiliating defeat at the hands of the Black and Gold.

Robert Warzycha took the advice of the Luchametric Institute and played the 4-2-3-1 formation in the attacking phase with Renteria up top, and the Crew won handily 2-0 on goals from Renteria and Brian Carroll. Although they "lined up" in the 4-4-1-1 to start both halves, GBS played back deeper than in previous matches and Renteria was the lone marauding striker up front.  And the starts by Expo and Renteria, as we had suggested, clearly gave the crew the attacking prowess they had been lacking.

But the highlight of the evening was when El Luchador spoke truth to power, made Mark McCullers' Security Forces and Columbus Police nervous, and scouted out The Cheater's location to charge in and achieve justice for the people of the Republic of Ireland.  El Luchador did what any sensible football fan would do and called  Henry out on his despicable handball that cost the Irish a place in the World Cup this year.

After France's disgraceful but predictable collapse in South Africa, Henry announced his signing with New York, and he flew to Columbus to witness his team lose to the Crew from a luxury box on the northwest corner of the stadium.

Thierry Henry: As a Frenchman, you know how to surrender. Go ahead and do so  now. Based on what we saw from the Red Bulls tonight, even your cheating ways will not save you or your newly chosen comrades.

Hagalo Columbus! DO IT!

World Cup 2010 Group A games 5 and 6

The last two games in the Group A where Mexico vs Uruguay
and France vs South Africa
Here is the final ranking in this group:

1. Uruguay .......... 7p ... 3 2 1 0 ... 4-0 ... +4
2. Mexico ............ 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 3-2 ... +1
3. South Africa ... 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 3-5 ... -2
4. France ............ 1p ... 3 0 1 2 ... 1-4 ... -3

World Cup 2010 Group A games 3 and 4

And here we are at the start of the second round in the group stage. The match 3 in the Group A was played between South Africa and Uruguay.
The fourth match of the Group A was France vs Mexico.

World Cup 2010 Group A - games 1 and 2

Long time ago I used to make similar plates for the big tournaments. Then I had lot more free time to write the details and draw the kits worn for each game. Now I don't have so much time, but the technology help us to do faster all kind of things. After I have finished the 32 teams for the World Cup I got an idea to make the plates for each group. Then I thought why not make it for each game, and here are the plates for the first two games. Until the end of the World Cup I decided to post only this plates. My only participation will be at the Copa de Mockups and Campeonato de Mockups competitions. A break at designing (new kits) is necesary, because I get a bit tired.
Shortly I will present one plate, the rest of them will not need any other explanations. The plate will contain the name of the group, the date and the place of the game, the referees, the result and the goal scorers, the line-ups and the managers of the two team. Also an important part of the plate are the kits of the teams, not the real ones but the fantasy designs made by me, respecting as much as possible the colours of the kits worn in the game.
The first game was between South Africa and Mexico:
The second game in the Group A was Uruguay vs France:

World Cup 2010 Group A plate

In the next few days will make and post the plates for all the World Cup groups. The plates will contain onlt the name, the flag, the federation logo, the kitmaker logo and the home version kit (shirt and short). The kits will be the fantasy designs made by me. The plates will be made in Alphabetical order, the first is the Group A plate containing South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and France kits:

France World Cup 2010 fantasy kits (lcs)

This is a requested kit by Bastien on the http://www.footballshirtculture.com/ site. After the positive comments about the kit, choosed to post it here too. This is the le coq sportif template used for Everton some months ago, only some minor changes on the kit.
The away kit is white shirt, blue short and red socks, the combination used some decades ago as second choice.

France World Cup 2010 fantasy kits

Name: France
Federation: French Football Federation
Confederation: UEFA (Europe)
Founded: 1919
Kit manufacturer: adidas

Another use of the previous adidas design, adapted to France with little changes. The kit is traditional blue-white-red as the France flag.
A version of the home kit with blue short and socks.
The away kit is white shirt and socks, blue short.
A version of the away kit as it was used in the past, white shirt, blue short and red socks.
An all white version of the away kit for games vs teams in blue, red or other dark colour.

Girondins de Bordeaux F.C. fantasy kits

Full name: Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux
City: Bordeaux
League: Ligue 1
Stadium: Stade Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Fouded: 1881
Shirt sponsor: KIA, Cdiscount, PICHET
Kit manufacturer: PUMA

They're the actual champion of France. I made for them three kits in three different colours, traditional for the club. The design is very simple at first site, but there are some V stripes on arms and back of the shirt made from different fabric (and a bit lighter shade of blue). The front white V hase correspondence on the back of the short and the back of the socks (there is only the lower part of the V). Otherwise I try to respect the sponsors and their positions like the present (09/10) kit.
The away kit is the opposite of the home one, all white with dark blue V on the chest, back of the short and back side of the socks.
The third kit is dark red (burgundy) colour with white V on front of the shirt, back of the short ond socks.

A.S. Monaco fantasy kits

Full name: Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club
City: Monaco
League: Ligue 1
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Fouded: 1924
Shirt sponsor: FEDCOM, HSBC
Kit manufacturer: PUMA

I used a design similar with the other Puma template of mine. For the home kit I made a several variants, combining the red short and socks with the white ones (variants used by A.S. Monaco). A first standard design with white short and socks.
A second variant with red short and white socks (classic for the 8o's).
A third version with red short and socks.
The fourth version has white short and red socks.
Because of the design of the shirt (with two halfs in different colours) must be used more away kits. I made three versions all red, all white and all dark grey. The all red is used in games against all white teams.
The all white is needed against teams with all red kits.
The dark grey kit is used in games against striped shirts in white and red colours.

PSG fantasy kits

Full name: Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
City: Paris
League: Ligue 1
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Fouded: 1970
Shirt sponsor: Emirates, Poweo, Elior, PSG TV
Kit manufacturer: Nike

Continuing with French teams, I get to the PSG kit. Being a big fan of their kit, I design a few kit until I got the desired result. It's a simple design, suitable for a lots of sponsor logos (caracteristic for French League). Not that I'm happy with, but this is the reality. I barely wait to start the work at the national teams, there are no sponsors on the kits.
The away kit is all white, may be combined with blue short and blue socks.
The third kit was designed for games against blue-white or black-white teams.

A.S. Saint-Étienne fantasy kits

Full name: Association Sportive
Saint-Étienne Loire
City: Saint-Étienne
League: Ligue 1
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Fouded: 1919
Shirt sponsor: Fruité, Conseil Général LOIRE, Teisseire, INVICTA,
Kit manufacturer: adidas

An other favorit of mine, I always like their kits. This is diferrent type of Marseille's design.
The away kit is the complementar of the home. It may be used all white also.
A third kit in dark green colour may be used against striped kits.
About sponsors I try to be accurate as possible, only two changes, I moved the INVICTA logo to the back to balance the kit, and left out the arm sponsor.

This second variant made by request. Initially I avoided to use this light green because not want to copy the actual away kit. But for my brother...

Olympique Marseille fantasy kits

Full name: Olympique de Marseille
City: Marseille
League: Ligue 1
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Fouded: 1899
Shirt sponsor: DIRECT ENERGIE, Touax, INTERSPORT
Kit manufacturer: adidas

Olimpique Marseille had always impresed us with beautiful kits. This is my try to continue the line. My designs for adidas kits are not based on the classic three stripes on arms and shorts. I'll try a diferrent approach of the stripes and their possition.

I use for the away kit dark blue.
The third kit is a remake of the 2007/2008 season kit, a little bit strange combination but as third or European kit I guess it's ok.
The fourth kit is the opposite for the home kit.

France national football team

The French football team represents the nation of France in international footballWorld Cup as the host nation in 1998, as well as placing second in the Germany 2006 tournament. Within that time frame, France also won Euro 2000. The team is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA.
competitions. The team is considered one of the top sides in international football, and has been especially successful over the past decade, winning the

History

[edit] Early years

France's first ever game was a 3-3 draw against Belgium in 1904. They played in all three of the pre-World War II World Cups. Lucien Laurent scored the first ever World cup goal in 1930, in a 4-1 win over Mexico. They reached the quarterfinals in 1938 when they hosted the World Cup.

France came third in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, defeating Germany 6-3 for the bronze. France was beaten by Brazil in semi-finals, after central defender Robert Jonquet's injury and PeléJust Fontaine scored a record 13 goals in the tournament, doing so in just six matches. The team used mainly players and former players from Stade de Reims, such as Raymond Kopa, Robert Jonquet, Roger Marche or Just Fontaine, who was at the time one of the best teams in European football. hat-trick. Striker

[edit] Platini era

During the captaincy of Michel Platini France's World Cup performance markedly improved, finishing fourth in Spain '82, and third in Mexico '86. In both tournaments, they lost in the semi-finals to West Germany. The 1982 semi-final is infamously remembered by many for West German keeper Harald Schumacher's elbowing of France's Patrick Battiston in the face as the latter made a shot on goal. Despite severely injuring Battiston, Schumacher was not penalized. France were unfairly knocked out in 1986 and with Platini, now recognized as one of football's all time greats they could have won. It was a very good generation of French football players though and they won the Euro in 84 which was France's greatest achievement up to that point. With Platini as skipper, France, as host nation, won Euro '84, as well as capturing Olympic gold in Los Angeles the same year.

[edit] Cantona era

Having made his international début against West Germany in August 1987, Eric Cantona was the favourite of Michel Platini, now France team manager, who claimed that Cantona would be selected as long as he was playing competitive top class football. However, France failed to qualify for Euro 1988 despite being the defending champions. Cantona was then suspended from internationals for a year after he insulted the French national team manager on television in August 1988. France failed to win a single game in the European Championship, held in Sweden in 1992, despite the striking partnership of Cantona and Jean-Pierre Papin. Platini resigned after Euro 92 and was succeeded by Gérard Houllier.

France then failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup in the USA, after losing the final game 2-1 at home to Bulgaria when a draw would suffice. During the match, David Ginola lost the ball which led to Bulgaria's winning goal by Emil Kostadinov. Gérard Houllier resigned and Aimé Jacquet was made the manager of the national team, but only provisionally. After a promising series of friendly matches (notably a victory over Italy in Naples in February 1994), and the debut of Zinedine Zidane versus the Czech Republic national football team in August 1994, his provisional status was upgraded to permanent.

Jacquet began to rebuild the national team in preparation for Euro 96 and appointed Cantona as the captain. Jacquet initially selected Eric Cantona as captain and made him the team's playmaker. Cantona had successfully restarted his career in the FA Premier League and was playing some of the best football of his career, but he kicked a Crystal Palace fan in January 1995, which earned him a year-long suspension from all international matches.

As Cantona was the key playmaker, Jacquet was forced to make major changes to the team in the wake of his suspension. Jacquet revamped the squad with some new blood and built it around Zinedine Zidane, while dropping Cantona, Jean-Pierre Papin, and David Ginola. Jacquet's choice of players for the tournament caused some fans to grit their teeth but he succeeded in helping France qualify for the Euro 96.

Making it all the way to the semi-finals of Euro 96 before being eliminated in a penalty shootout, this marked France's best showing in an international tournament since the 1986 World Cup. More importantly, Les Bleus managed to show they could survive without veterans such as Jean-Pierre Papin, Eric Cantona, or David Ginola. Jacquet himself stated that the team had done well without Cantona, and that he wanted to keep faith with the players who had taken them so far.^[1]

[edit] Zidane era

France's most successful years were the late 1990s, the generation of Zinédine Zidane and the emergence of Thierry Henry. This team started off well by reaching the semi-finals of Euro 96. After Euro 96, Jacquet adopted a very defensive strategy and made fans anxious because his team never seemed to develop a definitive offensive tactic. The press began to attack the team manager, calling his methods "Paleolithic" and claiming that the team had no hope for the upcoming World Cup which would be hosted in their home country. In June 1997 at the Tournament of France, cries of "Resign!" could be heard from the stadium as the French team came in under Brazil, England and Italy. The media's distrust of Jacquet reached fever pitch in May 1998 when, instead of a list of 22 players meant to play in the World Cup, Jacquet gave a list of 28 players, causing the sports daily L'Équipe to write an editoral arguing that Jacquet was not the right man to lead the French team to victory. However Jacquet was about to mastermind French football's greatest ever achievement.

1998 World Cup

BARTHEZ BLANC DESAILLY THURAM LIZARAZU DJORKAEFF ZIDANE DESCHAMPS PETIT GUIVARC'H DUGARRY

France lineup during the 1998 World Cup

However, all that would change when the team began to play in the group stage of the 1998 World Cup. It was clear that though the team was far from being the most flamboyant in French history, it was a perfectly well-oiled machine that neither injury, nor expulsions, nor suspensions, managed to stop.

Lilian Thuram and Marcel Desailly were linchpins of the best defense in the tournament, conceding only 2 goals in seven matches. France swept their group, then defeated Paraguay 1-0 with a Golden Goal from Laurent Blanc. In the quarter-finals, they edged Italy in a penalty shootout after both teams were tied 0-0. Though they fell behind for the first time in the tournament to Croatia, Thuram scored two goals in France's comeback semi-final win. He laughs when recalling this match because these were the first two and may be the last two international goals the defender will ever score. The overall defence consisting of Thuram, Desailly, Blanc and Bixente Lizarazu was extremely strong often impenitrable.

The crowning moment of their glory was when they soundly defeated the defending champions Brazil 3-0 in the World Cup Final. In the first half, taking advantage of poor Brazilian marking at defensive set pieces, Zinédine Zidane scored two headed goals from France's corner kicks[1]. Brazil was unable to find the net despite Desailly getting sent off and Emmanuel Petit added a third goal in the last minute of regular time to seal the victory for France. France's inaugural triumph also made them the first host in 20 years to win the World Cup. An estimated one million people took to the Paris streets to celebrate that night.

[edit] Euro 2000

Jacquet stepped down after France's World Cup triumph and was succeeded by assistant Roger Lemerre who guided them through Euro 2000. Zidane cemented his FIFA World Player of the Year form, scoring a direct free kick in the quarter-final against Spain and a golden goal penalty in the semi-final against Portugal.

In the finals, France defeated Italy 2-1 in a come from behind victory. David Trezeguet scored the golden goal in extra time after an equalizing goal from Wiltord. This gave them the distinction of being the first national team to hold both the World Cup and Euro titles since West Germany did so in 1974, and it was also the first time that a reigning World Cup winner went on to capture the Euro[2]. France held the top position in the FIFA World Rankings system from 2001-2002.

[edit] 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004

France failed to maintain that pace in subsequent tournaments. They suffered a stunning first round elimination in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, possibly due in part to an injury to key playmaker Zidane. One of the greatest shocks in World Cup history condemned France to a 0-1 defeat to debutante Senegal in the opening game of the tournament. After France had finished bottom of the group with only securing one point, conceding three goals and without scoring any, Lemerre was dismissed.

A full strength team started out strongly in Euro 2004, with Zidane scoring a free kick and a penalty to overcome a 0-1 deficit and defeat England in the group stage, but they were upset in the quarter-finals by the eventual winners, Greece. Jacques Santini resigned as coach and Raymond Domenech was picked as his replacement.

[edit] 2006 World Cup

France struggled in the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, even though the team was seeded in a group that included the relatively unheralded teams of Israel, Switzerland and the Faroe Islands. This prompted Domenech to persuade "golden generation" members Claude Makélélé, Lilian Thuram and Zinédine Zidane out of international retirement to help the national team qualify. This was France's first successful World Cup qualification since 1986 (France received automatic berths in 1998 and 2002, as hosts and defending champions, respectively).

The team was greeted with modest expectations as it entered the World Cup tournament, with many arguing that despite the return of the three stars, its squad was too old to be competitive. They had a slow start in the group stage and were in danger of being eliminated after managing only 0-0 and 1-1 draws against Switzerland and South Korea, respectively. Though Zidane was forced to sit out because of accumulated bookings, France found their form and won their final group match, beating Togo 2-0 to advance to the knockout round. There, Zidane would score or assist in every game of the playoffs and his team upset heavily favoured Spain 3-1 in a come-from-behind victory to advance to the quarter-finals.

France eliminated Ludovic Giuly's team-mate Ronaldinho and the top-ranked, defending champions Brazil 1-0 to advance into the cup semi-finals. Despite the score, France had thoroughly outplayed Brazil in the match, only facing one shot on goal, while Zidane created numerous scoring chances with his dribbles past Brazilian defenders and his free-kick to Thierry Henry resulting in the winning goal. The game made France the first team to have shut out the five-time champions in consecutive matches; Fabien Barthez was the keeper in both matches. Les Bleus now have a 2-1-1 all-time record against Brazil in World Cup finals play, having shut the Seleção out in the last three meetings (the 1986 match was decided 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw).

France emerged from the semi-finals winning 1-0 over Portugal. Henry was tripped inside the box and a penalty was awarded, which Zidane scored and it stood as the winning goal, as defender Lilian Thuram neutralized offensive threats from Portuguese stars Pauleta and Cristiano Ronaldo. At home, when news came of France's victory, there were mass celebrations at the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe.

France took on Italy in the final, but the teams were level at 1-1 at the end of normal time. With extra-time failing to produce a victor, penalty kicks were required to settle the match. Italy won the shoot-out 5-3 to be crowned 2006 World Champions. The tournaments Golden Ball WinnerZinédine Zidane (playing his last professional match) scored the opening goal of the final (becoming only the fourth player to score in two World Cup final games), but his accomplishments in the finals were marred by his sending off (becoming only the third player to be sent off in a world cup final) for violent conduct when he headbutted Marco Materazzi with only ten minutes of extra-time remaining.

[edit] Euro 2008 Qualifiers

France started its qualifying round for Euro 2008 on September 2, 2006 by beating Georgia in Tbilisi 3-0.The goal scorers for this match were Malouda, Louis Saha and Malkhaz Asatiani (own goal). They then took on world champions Italy 3-1 in Paris on September 6, 2006 with Sidney Govou striking twice along with Henry, but suffered a huge upset when beaten 1-0 by Scotland on October 7, 2006, their first European Championship qualifying defeat since they lost 3-2 to Russia on June 5, 1999. On October 11, 2006, France defeated Faroe Islands by 5-0. All the French strikers that played in the match scored. Goals came from Louis Saha, Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka and 2 goals from the Juventus striker David Trezeguet. France beat LithuaniaMarch 24, 2007 with Bolton Wanderers striker Nicolas Anelka rescuing an injury hit French side by shooting a wonderful long range effort.The injuries suffered by France were Louis Saha, Thierry Henry, Frank Ribéry, Patrick Vieira,and David Trezeguet. France took on Ukraine on June 2, 2007 in Paris. Both team were hit by injuries with France missing Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry while Ukraine missed their world class striker Andriy Shevchenko.The game ended in a 2-0 victory with second half strikes from Franck Ribéry and Nicolas Anelka who scored his third goal in three matches. Then on June 6, 2007 France defeated Georgia in Auxerre by 1-0, with Samir Nasri scoring his first senior international goal. On September 8, 2007, in a much-anticipated rematch, France and Italy played to a 0-0 draw at the San Siro in Milan. Once again though, on September 12, 2007, France fell to Scotland and were defeated 1-0 after Landreau was caught off guard with a strike from Scotland's James McFadden adding another loss, but this time on their home (Parc des Princes) turf. On the October 12, 2007, Their match with the Faroe Islands, was threatened to be postponed after bad weather kept their plane from landing in the Faroe Islands, they had to spend the night in Norway. The next day however on 13 October 2007, the match went ahead as planned, albeit around 30 minutes after scheduled kick-off time with France taking just 8 minutes to open up a 2-0 lead, the match eventually finished 6-0 with strikes from Nicolas Anelka, Thierry Henry, and 2 goals from Karim Benzema just before half time. In the second half Jerome Rothen and Hatem Ben Arfa completed the rout. With Italy's victory over Scotland on November 17, 2007, France qualified for Euro 2008. 1-0 on

[edit] Representing multicultural France

On the 2006 French national team, 17 of the 23 players were members of racial minorities, including many of the most prominent players. The team featured players from the overseas departments and players who are themselves immigrants or the children of immigrants from former French colonial territories. Zinédine Zidane is the child of an immigrant couple from Algeria. Vikash Dhorasoo — the first French player of Indian origin - played in the 2006 World Cup. Meanwhile, several players are of African or West Indian origin. Patrick Vieira immigrated as a child from Senegal, and Claude Makélélé did likewise from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lilian Thuram and William Gallas are from France's overseas department of Guadeloupe, while Éric Abidal was born in Martinique. Thierry Henry is the son of parents born in Guadeloupe and Martinique, while Louis Saha, Sylvain Wiltord, and Pascal Chimbonda all have parents who hail from Guadeloupe. Finally, Florent Malouda was born in French Guiana.

The French national football team has long reflected the ethnic diversity of the country. The first black player playing in the national team was Raoul Diagne in 1931, the son of the first black African elected to the French National Assembly, Blaise Diagne. In the 1950s, the first French national team reaching international success with a semi-final at the World Cup 1958 already included many sons of immigrants such as Raymond Kopa, Roger Piantoni, Maryan Wisnieski or Bernard Chiarelli. This tradition continued through the 1980s, when such successful players as Michel Platini, Jean Tigana, Luis Fernandez, Gérard Janvion, Manuel Amoros or Eric Cantonamulticultural French ideal.^[2] were all of either foreign-born or overseas-born ancestries. Since the 1990s, the team has been widely celebrated as an example of the modern

In recent years, critics on the far right of the French political spectrum have taken issue with the proportional underrepresentation of white Frenchmen on the team. National Front politician Jean-Marie Le Pen protested in 1998 that the Black, Blanc, Beur team that won the World Cup did not look sufficiently "French." In 2002, led by Ghanaian-born Marcel Desailly, the French team unanimously publicly appealled to the French voting public to reject the presidential candidacy of Le Pen and instead return President Jacques Chirac to office in a landslide. In 2006, Le Pen also resumed his criticism, charging that coach Raymond Domenech had selected too many black players.^[3]

In 2005, French philosopher Alain Finkielkraut caused a controversy by remarking to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that despite its earlier slogan, "the French national team is in fact black-black-black," adding "France is made fun of all around Europe because of that." He later excused himself for this comment, which he declared was not meant to be offensive.^[4]

In 2004, a television crew recorded Spanish coach Luis Aragonés motivating Thierry Henry's Arsenal teammate José Antonio Reyes by saying Demuestra que eres mejor que ese negro de mierda ("Show that you're better than that shitty black"). After an investigation, UEFA fined the RFEF and warned that future incidents would be punished more severely. Henry and NikeStand Up Speak Up campaign against football racism as a result of the incident. Before the start of France's 2006 World Cup second round match against Spain, which France would win 3-1, coach Raymond Domenech claimed that Spanish fans were making racial taunts[3], this however was not proved. began a

The Zidane-Materazzi headbutt incident in the 2006 World Cup final and its aftermath served as a symbol for the larger issue of Europe's struggle to integrate its non-white immigrant population: Even though both players denied it,^[5] international media speculated for days about the presence of a racist element in the exchange,^[6] observing that the Italian team contained no ethnic minorities.^[7]

The national team's overall impact on France's efforts to integrate its minorities and come to terms with its colonial past has been mixed, however. In 2001, France played a friendly match in the Stade de France, site of its 1998 World Cup triumph, against Algeria. It was France's first meeting with its former colony, with whom it had fought a war from 1954-62, and it proved controversial. France's national anthem, La Marseillaise, was booed by Algerian supporters before the game, and following a French goal that made the score 4-1 in the second half, spectators ran onto the field of play and caused the game to be suspended. It was never resumed.