As with the 2002 World Cup, these Euros have proved a total write-off for the French. One goal, one point, one red card - sounds familiar? Matthew Day analyses where it all went so wrong for the 2000 European champions.
Mike Martin examines the legacy of Zinedine Zidane’s career, a footballing journey that never failed to provide excitement, for better or worse.
At his majestic best, between the previous two World Cups, Zinedine Zidane was a maverick artisan, his skill, vision and balletic ball control could make a football pitch look five miles wide. But […]
Zinedine Zidane, an authentic great of the last decade, was set to bow out of all football having led a disunited French side against the odds to a World Cup final. He had been the star eight years ago with a first half double against Brazil and his story looked to have taken a final […]