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    Sarkozy Personally Investigating French WorldCup Team ???? Wait a minute ..

    Pollitics mixing with football?? ya think??
    am I the only one who thinks FIFA is playing double standards here? Does Sarkozy know what he's doing???

    FIFA should ban the French team for government interference.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/...france_returns


    PARIS – France's World Cup squad arrived home to a cold welcome after a humiliating early exit condemned by domestic media as "A State Scandal."
    The team's chartered plane landed Thursday in the small Bourget airport, where police guarded the tarmac to let the players disembark away from media and fans.
    Les Bleus were eliminated from the first round after a tournament in which they refused to attend a practice session, failed to win a match, and had striker Nicolas Anelka kicked off the team for insulting the coach.
    Raymond Domenech, who is retiring as coach, added yet more dismay by refusing to shake hands with rival coach Carlos Alberto Parreira after France's 2-1 loss to host South Africa.
    Star striker Thierry Henry, a former team captain and a 1998 World Cup champion who only played 52 minutes in two games in South Africa,joined a small motorcade sent by President Nicolas Sarkozy. Henry went to a private meeting with Sarkozy, entering the Elysee Palace by a side door and making no comment.
    The soccer fiasco is taking an increasing political turn in France, where the leading sports daily L'Equipe had dubbed the debacle "A State Scandal."
    Sarkozy has vowed to personally investigate the matter. He met with Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot on Wednesday to discuss ways to reform French soccer.
    "The head of state asked the ministers to ensure that those responsible learn the lessons of this disaster quickly," Sarkozy's office said in a statement, implying that several managers from the team and federation could resign.
    "He also asked the ministers to ensure that no financial reward is given."
    Henry and some other team members have confirmed they aren't taking any bonuses from the World Cup, including from private sponsors.
    “It is easier to fool the people, than to convince them they have been fooled." - Mark Twain

    #2
    This morning, Henry asked a special meeting (face to face) with Sarkozy to explain what happened and of course to calm the media.
    Sarkozy is presently calming the public opinion by intervening. In France, this federation, team and the coach have been strongly criticized since 2007 and today, the entire France is criticizing the gvt not to have intervened earlier.
    In the French media, words which are used are extremely harsh towards the gvt, FFF, players and coach: humiliation of "a nation" not only bc they lost but also because of irrational decision of the FFF to keep Domenech while he had no more authority over the players since longtime, and players who did not play for the interest of the nation but for their own ego.

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      #3
      lol I thought this happened only in Iran but seems it happens even in one of the most democratic countries :P

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        #4
        he better be handing in his hot wife to me to investigate her

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