France 2-0 Togo

On a gagné! On a gagné! On a gagné! On a gagné!

What? You can't bloody expect me to be objective on that one, can you? On the other hand, it needs to be said that Togo put up a good fight. Their goalkeeper, Agassa, is a pain in the arse. Not that Frank Ribery can aim. And not that anyone can resist against Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry.

Now, in order to go further in the tournament, Fabien Barthez has to be benched. I mean, he was good, but he makes too many mistakes nowadays. The only reason why Togo didn't score a goal today was because of our defensive team (Lilian Thuram remains one of the best defensive player in the world, and Willy Sagnol is good too). And give Michael Landreau a chance. He has not been scored on in his three international games so far.

Disappointed in South Korea's performance. I expected a bit more from them. I saw (during the last minute of the game) that Ahn Jung-Hwan was on the field, but did he start?

Next stop against Spain.

Meanwhile, "the Iraqi government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew
Friday after insurgents set up roadblocks in central Baghdad and opened
fire on US and Iraqi troops outside the heavily fortified Green Zone." Translated in Republicanese, all goes well on the Eastern Front.