Strong hand needed to lift French blues


PARIS: Four years ago, France were literally masters of the soccer universe having swept up the World Cup and then Euro 2000 – now they are masters of nothing and desperately searching for the reasons why. 

While the debacle of their defence of the World Cup in 2002 could have been dismissed as a blip the meek way they let go of their European crown suggests that the malaise is deeper and will be a real challenge for whoever replaces Jacques Santini as coach. 

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