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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