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ShadowChaser · Post time 8-6-2010 12:26 PM

Man Utd fullback Evra: I cannot go home to Senegal
08.06.10

Manchester United fullback Patrice Evra admits he cannot return home to Senegal.

Evra sparked fury back home in 2002 when he opted to play for France's Under-21s rather than the country of his birth.

Evra is now poised to captain Les Bleus when they start their World Cup campaign against Uruguay in Cape Town on Friday.

The left-back, 29, explained: "I grew up amid a Senegalese culture at home.

"But we became Westernised very quickly and when I had to choose between playing for Senegal or France my father told me to follow my heart.

"I opted for France, as that was where I had grown up, but I then came in for lots of abuse in Senegal.

"I was called a monkey who grovels before the white man and labelled a money-obsessed traitor to the nation. But my parents helped me get through it.

"I had not been back to Senegal since the age of 10.

"I have still not returned. It is 19 years now and I need an incentive to make me go."

cak! · Post time 8-6-2010 03:42 PM

negro gelas bukan xdipilih ke sbb injured kot

sagna_kacak · Post time 9-6-2010 05:54 AM

harap sagna boley tukar kewarganegaraan ghana,togo atau jamaica...

malu la main dengan tim hina nih...

ShadowChaser · Post time 9-6-2010 09:34 AM

Gallas Media Gag

France defender William Gallas has launched a silent protest against coach Raymond Domenech's decision to not name him captain by refusing to speak to the press throughout the World Cup. Patrice Evra was handed the armband in place of Thierry Henry.

Nesta13 · Post time 18-6-2010 07:29 AM

tak kira.. nak gelak kat sini gak..

wakawakawaka

bbkss · Post time 18-6-2010 09:22 AM

heran aku mana pi penyokong tegar team ni

cmf_toaster · Post time 18-6-2010 10:50 AM

bertabahlah unkel epit..

agydeyn · Post time 18-6-2010 10:54 AM

tragedi 2002 berulang kembali

edmundo · Post time 18-6-2010 04:06 PM

Nanti time euro diorang bounce back..

Ape2, awl pg ni masak air panas2 dulu...standby tgk robert green beraksi kmbali..

epitome · Post time 18-6-2010 10:19 PM

harap sagna boley tukar kewarganegaraan ghana,togo atau jamaica...
malu la main dengan tim hina n ...
sagna_kacak Post at 9-6-2010 05:54

sagna main mcm cifbai.. harap muka jah hensem

epitome · Post time 18-6-2010 10:20 PM

Gallas Media Gag

France defender William Gallas has launched a silent protest against coach Ray ...
ShadowChaser Post at 9-6-2010 09:34

player ngan manager pun x ngam.. mcm mana nk perform...
kena terapkan kasih sayang mcm maradona tuh

epitome · Post time 18-6-2010 10:20 PM

tak kira.. nak gelak kat sini gak..

wakawakawaka
Nesta13 Post at 18-6-2010 07:29

ini muhkang gelak...ini lagu kekasih haku , shakira

epitome · Post time 18-6-2010 10:21 PM

heran aku mana pi penyokong tegar team ni
bbkss Post at 18-6-2010 09:22

derang pi afrika lar

epitome · Post time 18-6-2010 10:22 PM

bertabahlah unkel epit..
cmf_toaster Post at 18-6-2010 10:50

kalo yer pun..letak lar gambo negro yg kacak sket

cak! · Post time 19-6-2010 05:42 PM

Nesta13 · Post time 19-6-2010 10:09 PM

anelka da kena hantar balik lom..?

agydeyn · Post time 20-6-2010 11:50 AM

source: the star
Anelka misses training

Nicolas Anelka was not at France's training session Saturday, hours after reports of his alleged expletive-filled tirade at coach Raymond Domenech exposed mounting tension within the French World Cup squad.

The reported outburst could lead to Anelka being excluded from France's squad.

French sports daily L'Equipe reported that Anelka insulted Domenech at half time during France's 2-0 loss to Mexico on Thursday when the coach offered him some tactical advice.

L'Equipe said that Domenech was upset after being insulted by Anelka, who was then replaced by Andre-Pierre Gignac.

French federation vice president Christian Teinturier thinks Anelka should have either apologized or been sent home.

"If, effectively, the words I'm hearing are true, he shouldn't be there anymore," Teinturier told France Info radio. "If those exact words were said, I can't understand why he was at training on Friday.

"He should have been thrown out straight away or apologized, otherwise he shouldn't turn up again wearing a France training top."

France captain Patrice Evra was set to speak to reporters later Saturday, the team's media officer Francois Manardo said.

French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot says the "huge pressure" on the French players because of the team's poor results is not an excuse for poor behavior.

"The players must keep in mind that they are wearing France's colors and are considered to be role models by many youngsters," Bachelot said in a statement. "This obliges them to show restraint and dignity."

Anelka was left off Domenech's squad for the 2006 World Cup, even when striker Djibril Cisse was injured on the eve of the team's departure to Germany. Domenech took Sidney Govou instead in 2006.

But the Chelsea striker was a starter in all the warmup matches before this World Cup, and he also started France's opening match, a 0-0 draw with Uruguay.

The latest reports of a rift follow newspaper allegations that midfielder Yoann Gourcuff is an unpopular figure in the squad and that defender William Gallas is upset with Domenech for giving the captain's armband to Evra.

Only a handful of French players spoke to the media after the Mexico defeat left the French staring at possible first-round elimination.

France needs to beat South Africa convincingly on Tuesday, and hope Mexico and Uruguay don't draw their final game, to have any chance of progressing.

"We deserve the criticism," France midfielder Jeremy Toulalan said Friday. "Despite what was said, I think there were a lot of supporters who had hope. We owe it to ourselves to fight for these people."

Gallas is refusing to speak to reporters for the duration of the competition, while Franck Ribery, Anelka and Thierry Henry - all mainstays of the team - have also not spoken so far.

Toulalan, one of only a few players to speak to the media after the Mexico match, fears that the team is now a collection of individual talents with no teamwork whatsoever.

Toulalan is close friends with Gourcuff, but he would not be drawn on any feuding within the squad.
Some reports say Gourcuff sometimes eats alone at dinner, and that Ribery and Anelka do not like him and pressured Domenech to drop him against Mexico.

Gourcuff was replaced by Florent Malouda, and did not play any part in the match.
In the opening game against Uruguay, Anelka had a clear chance to pass to the unmarked Gourcuff during the first half but chose not to, prompting an angry reaction from Gourcuff, who threw his arms up in the air.

Toulalan did say, however, that players should always behave professionally, no matter what their differences.

"We can't all be the best friends in the world," Toulalan said.

Gourcuff said after the Mexico defeat that he was being made a scapegoat for the team's inability to score goals.

"It has been a collective failure over the two games. Football is hard when you can't play together," Gourcuff said. "Perhaps I have paid the price, I don't know. I've not had any explanations."
- AP