World Cup - Ribery could miss Ireland play-off

Eurosport - Thu, 22 Oct 09:44:00 2009

France playmaker Franck Ribery could miss his country's World Cup play-off matches against Ireland in November due to a niggling knee injury that has flared up in recent weeks.

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France must get past Republic of Ireland to reach the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, with the first leg taking place on November 14 and the return match on November 18.

"We have decided to allow the injury to heal," Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal said after his team's 2-1 defeat at Bordeaux on Wednesday where Ribery did not play. "This could last up to a month," van Gaal said.

The France playmaker picked up the injury during pre-season training and has not managed to fully overcome it, playing in only a handful of matches since the start of the Bundesliga.

Reuters

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  1. cmon the lads, the french are sweating themselves!!

    From michaelkilcourse, on Thu 22 Oct 3:53PM

  2. good luck with that hatred kenny, I wish I was­ you

    tiocfaidh ar la

    From 322, on Thu 22 Oct 3:04PM

  3. the Flower of the free, the heather, the heather, the­ Bretons and Scots, and Irish together, the Manx and the­ Welsh, and Cornish forever, six nations are we, all­ Celtic and free.

    From inverkenny, on Thu 22 Oct 1:54PM

  4. Erin gu Bragh, Viva la France, Alba gu Bragh

    From inverkenny, on Thu 22 Oct 1:49PM

  5. no doubt the english media will be calling us­ Scot's racists again because we wont support them,­ they should get a life, or a history book and learn, i­ am Scottish, we are not at the world cup so i can­ support who i like when i like, and it wont be england.

    From inverkenny, on Thu 22 Oct 1:46PM

  6. hope Ireland win, but i also love the French, we Scots­ would obviously prefer the Irish, am i confusing you?­ well both teams gave me nights to remember, when­ houghton scored against england that was amazing, and­ when Zidane scored two in the last minute i ran from­ the pub screaming and nearly got hit by a bus, it was­ brilliant, the bus driver must have been wondering what­ was going on as half the pub spilled onto the streets­ in Inverness with their France tops on, should be a­ great two games, looking forward to it, C'mon the­ Irish.

    From inverkenny, on Thu 22 Oct 1:43PM

  7. Stevo1 - We shall see

    From olawale, on Thu 22 Oct 12:37PM

  8. olawaleduyile#

    In your dreams.in your­ dreams........
    France loose 3-2 over the 2 legs!!

    From Stevo1, on Thu 22 Oct 12:21PM

  9. No. 7, Ireland are unbeaten in this campaign and­ deserve to go through

    From rgmartin91, on Thu 22 Oct 11:54AM

  10. wonder what rule blatter will introduce next - postpone­ the match until the french have a fully fit squad. that­ or keane and duff not allowed to play if french are­ missing players!
    No doubt it will be more likely a­ doggy ref who gived everything to the french!

    From dario_rocca, on Thu 22 Oct 11:30AM
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    You Irish are so full of it. I cant wait to see your A­ R S E S kicked.

    From olawale, on Thu 22 Oct 11:18AM

  12. We 're in for a chance if Henry, Nasri, Benzema,­ Gallas, Malouda and Coupet are Sidelined, that would­ leave and Gourcouf as well

    From Stephane G, on Thu 22 Oct 10:58AM

  13. there go France......right outta the world cup....now­ Blatter and Platini will change the away goal rules and­ introduce the golden goal again....anything to keep the­ French in.....bloody c.u.n.t.s.

    From Rushad, on Thu 22 Oct 10:50AM

  14. very good news for Ireland! Italy fans will remember­ how France capitulated in Euro2008 when Ribery (their­ only good player of the tournament) was forced off with­ injury

    From Simon, on Thu 22 Oct 10:35AM

  15. lovely jubbly!

    From Darren, on Thu 22 Oct 10:04AM
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