Group A (France, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay)

[Shaggy]

France:

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille), Cedric Carrasso (Girondins Bordeaux)

Defenders: Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla), Marc Planus (Girondins Bordeaux), Gaël Clichy (Arsenal), Anthony Reveillere (Olympique Lyon)

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Alou Diarra (Girondins Bordeaux), Jeremy Toulalan (Olympique Lyon), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Yoann Gourcuff (Girondins Bordeaux), Pete Jenkins (Metz), Abou Diaby (Arsenal)

Forwards: Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Panathinaikos), Mathieu Valbuena (Olympique Marseille)

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Mexico:

Goalkeepers: Memo Ochoa (America), Luis Ernesto Michel (Chivas), Oscar Perez (Chiapas)

Defenders: Rafael Marquez (Barcelona), Ricardo Osorio (Stuttgart), Hector Moreno (AZ Alkmmar), Francisco Rodriguez (PSV Eindhoven), Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven), Paul Aguilar (Pachuca), Efrain Juarez (Pumas UNAM)

Midfielders: Jonny Magallon (Guadalajara), Jorge Torres Nilo (Atlas), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Israel Castro (Pumas UNAM), Andres Guardado (Deportivo La Coruna)

Forwards: Pablo Barrera (Pumas UNAM), Adolfo Bautista (Guadalajara), Alberto Medina (Guadalajara), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Veracruz), Javier Hernandez (Guadalajara), Giovani dos Santos (Galatasaray), Guillermo Franco (West Ham), Carlos Vela (Arsenal).


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South Africa:

Goalkeepers: Moeneeb Josephs (Orlando Pirates), Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Shu-Aib Walters (Maritzburg United)

Defenders: Matthew Booth, Siboniso Gaxa (both Mamelodi Sundowns), Bongani Khumalo (SuperSport United), Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth), Anele Ngcongoa (Racing Genk), Siyabonga Sangweni (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates).

Midfielders: Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham), Thanduyise Khuboni (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Reneilwe Letsholonyane (Kaizer Chiefs), Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates), Surprise Moriri (Mamelodi Sundowns), Steven Pienaar (Everton), MacBeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan), Siphiwe Tshabalala (Kaizer Chiefs), Innocent Modest Mouce (Bleckmen Farmers).

Forwards: Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), Siyabonga Nomvete (Denise Swallows), Bernard Parker (FC Twente).


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Uruguay:

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Lazio), Juan-Guillermo Castillo (Deportivo Cali), Martin Silva (Defensor Sporting).

Defenders: Diego Lugano (Fenerbahce), Diego Godin (Villarreal), Andres Scotti (Colo Colo), Jorge Fucile (Porto), Martin Caceres (Barcelona), Mauricio Victorino (Universidad de Chile), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica).

Midfielders: Walter Gargano (Napoli), Egidio Arevalo-Rios (Penarol), Sebastian Eguren (AIK), Diego Perez (Monaco), Alvaro Pereira (Porto), Kev Watson (Penarol), Alvaro Fernandez (Universidad de Chile), Ignacio Gonzalez (Valencia), Nicolas Lodeiro (Ajax)

Forwards: Sebastian Fernandez (Banfield), Luis Suarez (Ajax), Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid), Edinson Cavani (Palermo), Sebastian Abreu (Botafogo).

Friday, June 11

3pm - South Africa v Mexico - ITV 
7.30pm - Uruguay v France - BBC

Wednesday, June 16

7.30pm - South Africa v Uruguay - BBC

Thursday, June 17

7.30pm - France v Mexico - BBC

Tuesday, June 22

3pm - Mexico v Uruguay - ITV 
3pm - France v South Africa - ITV

[Craig_H]

South Africa left out Benni McCarthy, so i thought maybe they've got a good few better striking options.

Now i see they've only picked 3 forwards

[Craig_H]

Fairly wide open this group, what with South Africa being host nation but ****, France being a shadow of the side from the late 90s and 2000, Uruguay being nothing like the team of old which competed at a high level, and Mexico who can flatter to deceive.

[Mattshark]

South Africa left out Benni McCarthy, so i thought maybe they've got a good few better striking options.

Now i see they've only picked 3 forwards

McCarthy is useless though and is quite frankly, fat. He is also not hugely popular in South Africa.

[Craig_H]

Yeah but they've only got 3 strikers

Molby and brazilian Ronaldo were fat too

[Mattshark]

Yeah but they've only got 3 strikers

Molby and brazilian Ronaldo were fat too

Yeah but they were actually good.

It is not really an issue if they play one upfront of if any of their midfielders can play as attackers too.

[Craig_H]

Depends if they pick up an injury or not.

[-V-]

Do they not only play the 1 striker anyway with Pienaar supporting?

[Craig_H]

They do, but there's little room to adapt that and at some point, you're gonna need to go to two up front. If they pick up an injury, they're gonna have (more) difficulty.

[Matt]

South Africa:

Goalkeepers: Moeneeb Josephs (Orlando Pirates), Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Shu-Aib Walters (Maritzburg United)

Defenders: Matthew Booth, Siboniso Gaxa (both Mamelodi Sundowns), Bongani Khumalo (SuperSport United), Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth), Anele Ngcongoa (Racing Genk), Siyabonga Sangweni (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates).

Midfielders: Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham), Thanduyise Khuboni (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Reneilwe Letsholonyane (Kaizer Chiefs), Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates), Surprise Moriri (Mamelodi Sundowns), Steven Pienaar (Everton), MacBeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan), Siphiwe Tshabalala (Kaizer Chiefs), Innocent Modest Mouce (Bleckmen Farmers).

Forwards: Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), Siyabonga Nomvete (Denise Swallows), Bernard Parker (FC Twente).

[Craig_H]

[Shaggy]

Matt scores first!

[-V-]

Good spot, didn't realise shaggy was playing that game again

[Craig_H]

You're such a tit Shaggy

[Matt]

Aw I'm ****ing gutted, thought they were real!!