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6.20.2010

2010 World Cup: France vs South Africa

I was a big fan of France. One of my all-time favorite football players in the world is Zinedine Zidane. Taking a look at their recent record, you'll find that France were 1998 World Cup Champions, 1984 European Champions, 2000 European Champions, 2003 Confederarions Cup Champions and then finalists in the 2006 World Cup.

But lately, France hasn't been living up to their reputation as a solid team. They've lost all their matches so far in the 2010 World Cup, and then Nicholas Anelka was just fired from the team for saying bad things to their coach.

What can I say - France just doesn't have it together, and it's all been downhill since their loss int he 2006 World Cup. They haven't been contenders in anything since - not in the Euro Cup, and almost not even qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

And the big stars of France - Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane, Nicholas Anelka - it's just sad that they've been subject to controversy. Just look at it - Zinedine "headbutt" Zidane, Thierry "handball" Henry, Nicholas "bad mouth" Anelka.

Karma is definitely a bitch, and certainly they don't deserve to win even one game in the World Cup. In their last game against South Africa in the group stages - my money is on South Africa. If I were you, I'd bet on South Africa to beat France!

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