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They barely escaped qualifying Group 7, and had to deal with a prostitution scandal back home. Of course, this being France, Henry isn’t the only source of drama. Henry has struggled to get playing time at Barcelona, and after telling the Post last summer that he thought he would join the Red Bulls, the Sun reported in Thursday’s editions that he’s inked a pre-contract to do just that when the World Cup is over. If they are to handle being reviled as villains, it’s Henry - the biggest villain - who will have to lead them.īut both he and his team have been in-and-out of form lately. The French chose Pezula Resort Hotel and Spa in remote Knysna to sequester the players from distraction, but rest assured every time they play, the stands will be packed with locals booing and jeering Les Bleus.
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It sent the French into Group A, with Uruguay, perpetually underachieving Mexico and host South Africa. He blatantly used his left palm to redirect the ball on the build-up to Les Bleus’ goal in a 1-1 draw with Ireland. And of course it was Henry that put it in this summer’s World Cup with the Hand of Gaul. Then came a shocking run to the 2006 final, when France lost on penalty kicks after Zinedine Zidane’s infamous head butt. The only people targeting him more than irate Irish fans are the Red Bulls, with whom the Sun reported he signed a pre-contract.įrance’s 32-year-old captain is in his fourth World Cup, and can bear witness to the country’s checkered history - from winning it all in 1998 at home to losing all three games the next time around, the worst showing in history by a defending champ. They’re as star-crossed as they are star-studded, facing controversy and fighting karma - and nobody embodies that more than the man who handed them a World Cup berth: Thierry Henry. They have the talent to win the World Cup, but do they have the temperament? The French have a seeming knack for drama, and Les Bleus’ maddening inconsistency, their up-and-down Jekyll-and-Hyde act, is no different.
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First of a four-part Sunday series leading up to next month’s World Cup in South Africa.