France 2-0 Serbia: Ribery and Malouda extend Les Bleus’ unbeaten run to 20 games but triumph spoiled by M’Vila injury

France ran out comfortable 2-0 winners in their international friendly against Serbia at the Stade Auguste-Delaune II on Thursday evening thanks to goals from Franck Ribery and Florent Malouda.

Laurent Blanc made seven changes from the side that limped past Iceland on Sunday, and his wholesale changes were justified by a vibrant first-half performance. Ribery took just 11 minutes…

France 3-2 Iceland: Ribery & Rami seal dramatic turnaround for Les Bleus

France preserved their lengthy undefeated sequence as they fought back from two goals down to salvage a 3-2 victory against Iceland in Valenciennes.

The visitors had looked set to be unlikely winners of the match as they Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Birkir Bjarnason before the interval, but Mathieu Debuchy triggered the hosts’ comeback. Laurent Blanc’s men left things late, though, with…

Sagnol: I hope Ribery will show his qualities at Euro 2012

Willy Sagnol has stated his belief that the form of Franck Ribery will be crucial to les Bleus’ chances of glory at this summer’s European Championship.

Ribery has been outstanding at club level for Bayern Munich this season, netting 16 goals and providing 26 assists in all competitions, and played a key role in the Bavarians’ run to the Champions…

Ribery: Bayern deserved to make the final

Franck Ribery has voiced his delight with Bayern Munich‘s victory over Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and feels that the Bavarian giants deserve their place in the final in Munich on May 19.Bayern lost the return of the semi-final tie against Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday after recording…

Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery: 2010 was the darkest year of my life, but I am happy again

Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery has expressed his relief at putting behind himself what he described as the ‘darkest’ period of his life in 2010.The 28-year-old and other members of the France national team were embroiled in a sex scandal with under-age prostitute Zahia Dehar, but escaped heavy sentences after…

Uli Hoeness angry after Ribery incident: ‘Just stop with your f***ing handshake questions’

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has reacted angrily to a question regarding Franck Ribery’s handshake incident during the club’s 1-0 loss to Basel in the Champions League.The French star was replaced by Thomas Muller after 71 minutes as he was unable to impress in the second half after being heavily involved in Bayern’s…