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France Coach Laurent Blanc Frustrated With Absence Of Key Players Against Belarus
France coach Laurent Blanc is not happy with the absence of Yoann Gourcuff when Les Bleus take on Belarus.
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Sep 2, 2010 11:47:00 AM
By Stefan Coerts
France meet Belarus on Friday in their first official match since their disastrous 2010 World Cup campaign and les Bleus will have to make do without several key players due to suspension, much to the dismay of head coach Laurent Blanc, who is particularly disappointed with the absence of playmaker Yoann Gourcuff.
"Every player that improves your team's play and the play of the other players is interesting and important. But I can't replace a playmaker with someone who isn't a playmaker. We'll have to compensate and set the team up differently," Blanc was quoted as saying by fifa.com.
"A team is composed of a backbone and that includes the goalkeeper, the two sentinels [centre-back and holding midfielder], the playmaker - depending on the style of play you adopt - and the centre-forward.
"To form a solid defensive base, you need a complementary centre-back pairing that is efficient and that performs just as well defensively as it does in terms of the construction of the play. It's not easy."
France also face Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, Luxembourg and Albania in Group D of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
"Every player that improves your team's play and the play of the other players is interesting and important. But I can't replace a playmaker with someone who isn't a playmaker. We'll have to compensate and set the team up differently," Blanc was quoted as saying by fifa.com.
"A team is composed of a backbone and that includes the goalkeeper, the two sentinels [centre-back and holding midfielder], the playmaker - depending on the style of play you adopt - and the centre-forward.
"To form a solid defensive base, you need a complementary centre-back pairing that is efficient and that performs just as well defensively as it does in terms of the construction of the play. It's not easy."
France also face Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, Luxembourg and Albania in Group D of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
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