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International Friendlies (30/05)

Vokes · 2010-05-30 10:31:46

Here's some of the other friendlies on today... 14.00 Belarus v South Korea 19.00 Tunisia v France 20.15 Chile v Northern Ireland France game might be interesting. Gourcuff and co. have been singing the praises of a new 4-3-3 formation that they've been testing out recently in training, where the focus is on flair and…

30-05-2010 10:31am

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Here's some of the other friendlies on today...

14.00 Belarus v South Korea
19.00 Tunisia v France
20.15 Chile v Northern Ireland

France game might be interesting. Gourcuff and co. have been singing the praises of a new 4-3-3 formation that they've been testing out recently in training, where the focus is on flair and goals. Presumably that means theres only 1 defensive-mid (Toulalan) with everyone else free to attack. But will Domenech give in to player power?

Also, looking forward to watching N. Ireland take on Chile tonight: link
Chile will be a fascinating team to watch in SA because of Bielsa's 3-3-1-3 system which doesn't use full-backs - instead it uses side-mids and wingers looking to do nothing but pressure high in the opponent's own half and the team scores (and concedes) lots of goals because of it. 9 of their 18 games in qualifying involved 3 or more goals. I can see them qualifying for the last 16 from their WC group but tiredness may do them in. Players to watch out for are Medel, Vidal, Matias Fernandez and Alexis Sánchez.

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