PLANET FOOTBALL 360 NEWS UPDATE.....

FRANCE NOT FIT ENOUGH.................... 

The France manager, Laurent Blanc, blamed a lack of fitness for their disappointing 1-1 draw with Belarus.

The result in Minsk does not badly damage French hopes of qualification for Euro 2012 – they are four points clear at the top of Group D. However, a laboured display against Belarus demonstrated that the problems that afflicted the side in South Africa have not been completely overcome.

Blanc said afterwards: “If you are not at the same physical level as your opponents, it is very hard to win games.” The Arsenal defender, Bacary Sagna, denied Blanc had lost his temper in the dressing room but added that it was a blow to their hopes of qualification.

Mario Gomez scored twice on the ground where he had endured his deepest embarrassment to give Germany a sixth straight win in Group A.

During Euro 2008, Gomez had somehow missed from a yard against Austria in the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. Here he scored the first and the winner in stoppage time in a 2-1 victory. Italy overcame Estonia 3-0 in Modena to go five points clear at the top of Group C.

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