{"id":14434,"date":"2011-12-15T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/arsenals-laurent-koscielny-eyes-strong-premier-league-campaign-to-boost-euro-2012-hopes-with-france\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T14:23:00","slug":"arsenals-laurent-koscielny-eyes-strong-premier-league-campaign-to-boost-euro-2012-hopes-with-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/arsenals-laurent-koscielny-eyes-strong-premier-league-campaign-to-boost-euro-2012-hopes-with-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal&#8217;s Laurent Koscielny eyes strong Premier League campaign to boost Euro 2012 hopes with France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/france\/31471\/laurent-koscielny\">Laurent Koscielny<\/a> is hoping a strong showing for the Gunners this season will propel him into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/france\/17\/france\">France<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/3284\/euro-2012\">Euro 2012<\/a> squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Koscielny has enjoyed a recent run of good form this campaign after initially struggling to adapt to life in the Premier League following his move from Lorient last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 26-year-old told the club\u2019s official website: &#8220;The season is so long so if I do the job well with my club, defend well and are strong I will go to the national team. I have to give everything on the pitch to go with France next year.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Koscielny was awarded his first cap for the French national side last month in a friendly against the USA and the centre-back was delighted with the accolade and his performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: &#8220;I am very happy. I waited for this for a little while and now I have it. I am happy because it is a big achievement for me. I have worked a lot with my club and with the national team, so now I want to continue to play with France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was my first cap so I was a little stressed. For the game I played alright with my partner Adil Rami. We talked a lot and we defended very well. We kept a clean sheet and for a defender that&#8217;s the first thing you want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><em>How do you stay up with football when on the move? 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The 26-year-old told the club\u2019s official website: &#8220;The season is so long so if I do the job well with my club, defend well and are strong I will go to the national team. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal&#039;s Laurent Koscielny eyes strong Premier League campaign to boost Euro 2012 hopes with France - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/arsenals-laurent-koscielny-eyes-strong-premier-league-campaign-to-boost-euro-2012-hopes-with-france\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal&#039;s Laurent Koscielny eyes strong Premier League campaign to boost Euro 2012 hopes with France - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny is hoping a strong showing for the Gunners this season will propel him into France \u2019s Euro 2012 squad. 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