FRANCE

Federation Francaise de Football
60 bis avenue d'Iena
75116 Paris

Official website

Anthem

Goalkeepers Fabien Barthez Gregory Coupet Ulrich Rame

Defenders Vincent Candela Philippe Christanval Marcel Desaillly Franck Leboeuf Bixente Lizarazu Mikael Silvestre Lilian Thuram

Midfielders Alain Boghossian Johan Micoud Emmanuel Petit Willy Sagnol Patrick Vieira Claude Makele Zinedine Zidane

Strikers Djibril Cisse Youri Djorkaeff Christophe Dugarry Thierry Henry David Trezeguet Sylvain Wiltord

Please, God - NO!!! :)

(11/06/02 09:41:05) God is a football fan and He loves me!!!!!! :)

La Marseillaise
(The Marseillaise)

Arise children of the fatherland, the day of glory has arrived
Against us tyranny's bloody standard is raised
Listen to the sound in the fields
The howling of these fearsome soldiers
They are coming into our midst
To cut the throats of your sons and consorts
To arms citizens! From your battalions
March, march!
Let impure blood, water our furrows
What do they want this horde of slaves
Of traitors and conspirational kings?
For whom these vile chains
These long-prepared irons?
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What methods must be taken?
It is we they dare plan
To return to the old slavery!

(Followed by five more verses in a similar vein)

Snails Cauderon

6 tbs lard, chicken stock, 3 oz raw ham, salt and pepper, 10 shallots, bouquet garni, fresh white breadcrumbs, 100 petit-gris snails, 1/4 cup dry white bordeaux

Melt the lard in a frying pan and brown the ham and chopped shallots. Add a small amount of breadcrumbs soaked in the wine. Moisten with stock and season with salt and pepper. Add the bouquet garni and cook for 20 minutes. Add the well-washed snails. Cook over a low heat for 40 minutes, turning often

Wash down with: Kronenbourg

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Gerard Depardieu, Brigitte Bardot, Eric Cantona, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jean-Pierre Sartre, Bizet, Matisse, Monet, Cezanne, Arsene Wenger