The France men's national soccer team is no stranger to madness. In the 21st century alone, its greatest hits include a sex-tape blackmail case, a player mutiny, racist quotas and a headbutt. But never before have controversies coalesced into a pre-World Cup storm quite like the one brewing right now near Paris.
, Lloris' deputy at goalkeeper, joined the overflowing list — a list that, on its own, could probably win a World Cup.
Most of the injuries, including Kante’s and Benzema’s, should heal in plenty of time for Qatar. The chief doubt is Pogba, who sustained a meniscus injury in July. He initially opted against surgery, and attacked a rehabilitation process that put him on track to return before the World Cup. After some anti-gravity-treadmill running and training-ground tests, however, he consulted doctors and underwent an operation.
Its attempt to repeat will depend on its ability to evolve, something that six decades of predecessors have so often failed to do. The last back-to-back men’s World Cup winner was Brazil in 1958 and 1962. Its ability to evolve, though, has been hampered, if not outright impeded, by its current incompleteness — and, perhaps, by the countless off-field issues that demand its energy and attention.Some of the issues stretch far beyond the current men's national team. Noel Le Graet, the dinosaurian FFF president, who in the past has
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