With minimal fanfare similar to the manner in which they launched their 2009/10 home kit, defending French Ligue 1 champions FC Girondins de Bordeaux (commonly referred to as just Bordeaux) have released their 2009/10 Puma away and third kits. This was done via an announcement on the club’s website.
Here’s a look at the new kits that Bordeaux will wear for its away French Ligue 1 and UEFA Champions League matches next season. The away kit is in the traditional Girondins de Bordeaux white. The third kit features red and white stripes. Sadly, none of Bordeaux’s 09/10 kits incorporate the popular pink used in last season’s third kit.
With minimal fanfare, defending French Ligue 1 champions FC Girondins de Bordeaux (commonly referred to as just Bordeaux) have released their 2009/10 Puma home kit.
Here’s a look at the new kit that Bordeaux will wear for its home league and UEFA Champions League matches next season. It’s now available at the club’s online shop for 69,99 €.
After a top 10 finish for the 2008/09 season, French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain has launched its Nike 2009/10 home and away kits.
As with many of the Nike kits released over the past couple of years, the new PSG jerseys have a definite retro look about them. Here’s a look at both kits featuring former France international Claude Makelele and PSG striker Guillaume Hoarau.
He’s been brilliant with Arsenal but he’s been average with Barcelona. Nevertheless, Thierry Henry will be remembered as one of the greatest strikers of the last 15 years. Here’s an exclusive soccer.com 8 minute interview with the sometimes enigmatic Arsenal legend. It gives you some decent insight into his thoughts on English, Spanish and Italian football.
The French Football Federation has unveiled Les Bleus’ FIFA World Cup 2010 qualificiation campaign home jersey. France’s new kit was worn for the first time during their friendly against Sweden on August 21, 2009.
French Ligue 1 club OGC Nice has released their Lotto 2008-09 kits. The home kit follows the trend of several clubs for 2008-09 by evoking a retro style. In this case, it is that of the Nice team of the the 1970s.
“L’OGCN a dévoilé cet après-midi ses nouveaux maillots pour la saison à venir. Le maillot rouge et noir renoue avec certains modèles du maillot des aiglons dans les années 70 : les bandes rouge et noir sont trois fois plus fines que sur l’ancien maillot. Le maillot extérieur reste lui aussi dans le classique, blanc avec quelques parements rouge et noir.”
French Ligue 1 side Lille OSC presented their new signings, 2008-09 team and seaon kits to their fans at the Stadium Lille Métropole earlier this week. Their new kits use a template similar to that of Portsmouth’s 2008-09 home kit. After years of success in rugby kits, New Zealand based Canterbury is making major inroads in the world of football attire. They’re also the kit supplier of La Liga side Deportivo La Coruna.
Sevilla’s new signing defender French Sebastien Squillaci poses in the team’s Joma kit during a press conference at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville. Squillaci has officially completed his four-year move from French champions Lyon to Spain’s Sevilla.
PARIS, July 12, 2008 – Zinedine Zidane pulled on the blue shirt of France one more time on Saturday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the country’s 1998 World Cup triumph.
But the occasion at the Stade de France was overshadowed by the death of a young fan who was killed in a road accident on his way to the ground.
Zidane, who scored twice in the 3-0 win over Brazil in the World Cup final 10 years ago, scored the first goal of the night for the reunited French side on the hour mark against a Rest of the World team.
Emilio Butragueno had given the international select the lead in the 25th minute before Zidane’s leveller.
Pedro Pauleta made it 2-1 to the world team before Ludovic Giuly equalised for France.
Croatia’s Davor Suker and Bernard Diomede both scored in the last minute to ensure a 3-3 draw in front of a 75,000 crowd who also saw the World Cup trophy arrive by helicopter.
Aime Jacquet, who coached the 1998 World Cup winners, admitted that the evening had been overshadowed by the death of the 10-year-old fan who was born in the Cup-winning year.
A minute’s silence was held in the youngster’s honour.
“It’s a catastrophe,” said Jean-Pierre Escalettes, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF).
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