The French are a team to watch in the World Cup because no one will be paying much attention to them! They showed in ’98 that they could come from behind as rank outsiders and catch everyone by surprise! Their present FIFA ranking of 7 means they are definitely in the mix and their form has been improving steadily over the last year after a bit of a bad spell.
The contravacy around Thierry Henry’s handball against Ireland will be remembered for a long time but essentially France should be going to the World Cup and not Ireland.
With 12 appearances in the World Cup and one win and one second place amongst those, keep your eyes on L’Equipe Tricolore they just may just creep up on the “big” boys once again on African soil!
