France v England Preview

France versus England is like Olympique Lyonnaise versus Arsenal Ladies again.. just that this time, it is more the 2007 vintage of the Arsenal Ladies.

imagine: kelly smith, karen carney, rachel yankey, alex scott, faye white, anita asante in the england squad were in that quadruple-winning team from 2007.

now they are joined by ellen white and steph houghton.

it is a shame that katie chapman, gemma davison, emma byrne, julie fleeting and kim little can't be here to join in the party.

and for OL: laura georges, sabrina viguier, sonia bompastor, camille abily, louisa necib, eugenie le sommer, wendy renard, elodie thomis, sandrine bretigny.

a shame that amandine henry, lara dickenmann, shirley cruz and lotta schelin are missing out.

if you look at the fact that aside from fara williams and jill scott, all the important england players have played for arsenal, you will understand why i stress that england is essentially arsenal ladies.