Talk:France national football team
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[edit] Name
Shouldn't this be called "French national football team?" The current name sounds bizarre. Funnyhat 20:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- No it is France National Football team, you would say french national football team to describe a national football team as french, i.e. from france. However, to describe the team with a single noun you would use France as it is a noun, not an adjective as french is. This is important as France national football team is undeniably the national football team that represents the country France, and not just a national football team that could for some or other reason, be described as french. eg. the senegalese, cameroonian, gaudeloupian, etc. national football teams are arguably french, but could not be reffered to with the noun France National Football team. Philc TECI 21:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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- You really think "French national team" would cause confusion? I can't imagine a team from a different country ever being called "French." I mean, do you think say, the Nigerian or Ghanian teams would ever be called "English?" Funnyhat 01:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree that it sounds awkward. Nevermind that it may or may not be grammatically correct according to 53% of English Scholars, etc. etc.
The French National Football Team would sound better.
[edit] 2006
The fate of France in the 2006 world cup have the same space that 100 years of history... that's ridicolous.
[edit] Vandalism?
The article was carelessly edited here by User:Kpillai. I attempted to revert and include subsequent edits, but unfortunately it didn't work so subsequent edits will have to be done again. --Oden 21:11, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think that was vandalism, it looks like the dreaded Firefox tabs Google Toolbar bug. --Cyde↔Weys 21:25, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
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- It is plausible. I left a message on the user's talk page concerning web browsers and long articles. --Oden 21:31, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Zidane headbutt
The article currently states "Also in the 110th minute of extra-time, captain Zinedine Zidane received a red card for headbutting Marco Materazzi of Italy in the last game of his playing career, the third time he has been sent off on a red card for headbutting in his career."
I only know of one red card for headbutting (in addition to today's) - one with Juventus when he headbutted Jochen Kientz of Hamburger. - Slow Graffiti 05:35, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Headbutt Haka
In light of the headbutt, the French soccer team should have a haka to be used when playing against Italy. At the end, instead of a throat-slitting action, the team will pretend to headbutt their opponents. Scott Gall 09:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC) PS: And no, we are NOT having a throat-slitting action at the end.
[edit] World Cup record
France’s World Cup record, for 1998, lists 7 win out of 7 matches. However, their match against Italy ended 0-0 and they progressed only on PKs. The match should count as a draw.
For example, Argentina national football team lost to Germany on PKs in 2006 but the match is correctly recorded as a draw.
Jirongi 13:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Jirongi is correct. I had corrected this but user Funnyhat changed it back to 7-0-0. I don't do edit wars so I hope other users will post here. Draws are draws. Penalty shootouts in world cups are the current method of determining who plays the next round, but statistically, and in reality, nobody won the match. Note: the 1982 record is also shown incorrectly, it should be 3 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses. This is common knowledge for anyone who follows international football. It is always been this way, and showing things different than the reality only makes Wikipedia look worse. Please amend these errors. - ChaChaFut 04:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
