With Honduras hot on the heels of both Costa Rica and Group A leader Canada, the Ticos didn’t waste any time in putting away French Guiana — who was still reeling after forfeiting its last match due to fielding an ineligible player (The Caribbean nation went into halftime down 1-0, but things went from bad to worse for Les Yana Dòkòs when Ludovic Baal was shown a straight red card just beyond the hour mark for a rash tackle on David Guzman.Costa Rica will reach the final eight courtesy of Friday night’s win, and CONCACAF came out with a strong response early Friday morning to French Guiana’s decision to break the rules and play The CONCACAF disciplinary committee announced that the match between French Guiana and Honduras, which finished as a scoreless draw on the night, would be forfeited by French Guiana, awarding Honduras a 3-0 result.In addition, French Guiana was fined an undisclosed amount and the 37-year-old Malouda was assessed a two-match stadium ban.“As a consequence of fielding Florent Malouda, who was confirmed by the Disciplinary Committee to be ineligible to play in the Gold Cup 2017 according to the applicable regulations, the Disciplinary Committee has levied sanctions and fines against the French Guiana Football League (LGF) and has suspended the player ruled ineligible,” CONCACAF said in a statement.Malouda of course earned 80 caps for the French National Team during a long career in Europe where he starred for Lyon and Chelsea, but began playing for his native French Guiana earlier this year, captaining the side to third place at the Caribbean Cup, which served as a qualifying tournament for the Gold Cup.For whatever reason, CONCACAF allowed Malouda to compete for French Guiana in that competition but has decided to honor FIFA rules, which say a player cannot switch international teams once they’ve played in an official FIFA match, at the Gold Cup, which ruled Malouda ineligible for the Gold Cup. Costa Rica lead 1-0 early. Florent is currently 40 years old. A. of the Gold Cup regulations, as outlined on Fox’s broadcast, says:Each participating member association shall select its national representative team from the best players who are nationals of its country and under its jurisdiction, and are eligible for selection in accordance with the provisions of the applicable FIFA regulations.While the idea to put forth a better show on the international stage is laudable in some ways, the move really stings Canada and could also hurt the third place team in the other groups. Depuis, au 5, rue Chimay, on trouve porte close.
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When Kanté, Loftus-Cheek and Hazard came on to the pitch, Chelsea made it much harder for us.’The 38-year-old, who won the Double in 2010 and the Champions League in 2012 during his time with the Blues, joined the Zurich coaching staff in February but the Swiss club revealed on Thursday that they had parted company ‘by mutual agreement.‘FC Zurich and Florent Malouda have decided, by mutual agreement, to terminate the recently started cooperation,’ read their statement.However, the former France international suggested that he knew nothing about the arrangement when he posted his reply: ‘Really, I didn't know that?