-Excellent' Simon Kuper, author of the bestselling FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY-The definitive story of how French football came of age- Christian Karembeu-Erudite and engrossing' Vincent Duluc, lead football writer, L--UIPETHE PLAYERS, THE TEAMS, THE GOALS, THE GAMES, THE SCANDALS, THE GLOOM AND THE GLORY: THE STORY OF FRENCH FOOTBALL-S CHEQUERED COMING OF AGE OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS. French football is an enigma: a puzzling jumble of brilliance and farce, flair and frailty, stunning success and abject failure. Its domestic league is mocked on social media as an uncompetitive -Farmers League- and its clubs derided for underachieving in European competition. But France have reached four of the past seven men-s World Cup finals, French players star week in, week out for the world-s grandest clubs and the very best of French football - the roar of the V-drome, the glamour of the Parc des Princes, the shimmering brilliance of Zin-ne Zidane, -ic Cantona and Kylian Mbapp- stands comparison wit
