World Cup 2010 team news: Uruguay v France. Uruguay vs France. Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a short-lived rotation policy, abandoned in 2007,Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. It's an absolute pleasure to be here bringing you minute-by-minute coverage of tonight's match between France and Uruguay, the second of 64 games of football scheduled for Holding midfielder Lassana Diarra is absent from this tournament with a stomach illness, which means France manager Raymond Domenech has been forced to reshuffle his famous deck of Tarot cards. France and Uruguay faced each other on 11 June 2010 at the Cape Town Stadium.Despite a red card being given to Uruguay substitute Nicolás Lodeiro in the second half, Uruguay were able to hold a "lacklustre" France to a 0–0 draw. "There is a rumour doing the rounds here that Florent Malouda has been dropped after a training ground disagreement with coach Raymond Domenech. Nicolas Anelka is coming off, and Thierry Henry is on for his 121st France cap. The overall performance of the African teams, in the first World Cup to be hosted on the continent, was judged as disappointing by observers such as Cameroon great In this round, each group winner (A-H) was paired against the runner-up from another group.
We've got over it, Gary - perhaps you should too. Loving the TV shots of Raymond Domenech trying to get some secret, hand semi-obscuring mouth, instructions out to his players." ... France 4 x 2 Croatia 2018 World Cup Final Extended Goals & Highlights HD - Duration: ... 2010 World Cup's Most Shocking Moments #2 - The Hand of God (Defensive Edition) - …

This was the result of an agreement reached in 2008 between FIFA and European clubs to disband the In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of 13 venues to be used for the World Cup: The altitude of several venues affected the motion of the ballThe following stadiums were all upgraded to meet FIFA specifications: We will find out soon enough..."The France squad has great footballers but they been having difficulties. The whole atmosphere, mixing with all the different nationalities, has been fantastic. "It's a great result for Uruguay but very disappointing from France. We could have won the game but the result was fair." I think we might see a bit of Barry before this World Cup is out, though. That was a decent stop too.

Just a thought - other than being caught offside a few times, we've not seen much of Luis Suarez so far, have we? Not Nicolas Anelka's greatest moment. Another free-kick from long range, this time for France. Will their hot-streak continue in South Africa?

It would be interesting to speak to whoever stuck that massive bet on France winning the World Cup (see 19:02) to see how he is feeling now? There was precious little penetration, however, and the growing frustration was summed up 12 minutes after the restart when Jeremy Toulalan tried his luck from all of 35 yards, bringing a comfortable save out of Muslera.France introduced Thierry Henry in an attempt to re-establish their early superiority, but it was Uruguay who should have snatched victory, with Forlan wasting the best chance of the half, blasting wide from an unmarked position 12 yards from goal. They need to find a way of breaking down Uruguay but the South Americans have pulled even more men back since Nicolas Lodeiro was sent off... and are bringing on some fresh legs themselves in the shape of Sebastien Eguren. Uruguay survive, and France coach Raymond Domenech looks far from delighted. ""The drone of the horns is driving me mad," writes Rhiannon Hope. "With games airing live on cell phones and computers, the World Cup will get more online coverage than any major sporting event yet," said Jake Coyle of the Sony technology was used to film the tournament.
Nicolas Anelka and Jeremy Toulalan kick-off for France and get the second game of the 2010 World Cup under way. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. "This is shaping up to be a game of two halves - with the second as bad as the first. I don't think South Africa should be too scared of either France or Uruguay, either. The game was rather uninspired, and left many of those who were in attendance wanting much more. No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, except allowing a maximum of two European teams in a group.Of the 736 players participating in the tournament, over half played their club football in five European domestic leagues; those in England (117 players), Germany (84), Italy (80), Spain (59) and France (46).In another first for South Africa 2010, one squad included three siblings.