France

Nike New France Jersey 2011 Home

This is the new Nike France Jersey for 2011 that was revealed by Nike today ( January 17, 2011). This is the first ever Nike French football jersey- the previous France kits were all made by Adidas.

Click for the new White away France Kit 2011.

Breaking from tradition, the new France soccer jersey is all blue in colour. However the Nike logo is in white and there is red on the end of the sleeves. The jersey will be paired with white shorts.

This France Blue Shirt 2011 has the FFF logo on the right and the Nike one on the left.

For this football shirt deal with Les Bleus, Nike are paying the French Football Federation a reported 42.6 million euros per season.

The jersey was available to buy from 5th February and France wore it for the first time in their international friendly on 9th July, which Les Bleus won 1-0.

Read more

New France Shirt- World Cup 2010 Maillot Nouveau

Here is a look at the new France shirt for the 2010 World Cup. Les Bleus ( the likes of Anelka, Henry, Gourcuff and co.) will wear this jersey at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. France finished runners up at the 2006 World Cup, and qualified for the 2010 event in somewhat controversial circumstances, eliminating the Republic of Ireland with a “La Main de Dieu” ( Hand of God) goal. The new France football kit has been made by Adidas, which has outfitted the national side since the 1970’s.

Read more

France vs Ireland highlights goals

Goal video highlights from the France vs Ireland second leg World Cup 2010 Playoff tie on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. France lead 1-0 from the first leg, which was played at Croke Park a few days ago. The Republic of Ireland need a miracle to progress, but will be backed by over 25,000 travelling fans at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

Full time score :- France 1-1 Republic of Ireland ( William Gallas 103’/ Robbie Keane 32′)

( France win 2-1 on aggregate)

France grab Europe’s final playoff spot thanks to William Gallas’ extra time goal, but the Irish will be feeling hurt after taking the French to extra time, and then losing to a strike that should have never have been allowed in the first place. “La main de Henry” ( The hand of Henry), Le Maradona Francais ( The French Maradona), those are the names being used in France to refer to that goal. So that is it folks- Greece, Portugal, Slovenia and France progress from the playoffs.

Read more