Like It Is

France 1 Korea 1. France hasn’t managed to change their World Cup fortunes since 1998 when they beat Brazil. France got their first goal and for the first half, looked set to dominate. But then, they seemed to get sloppy in their defending and paid the price when Korea scored the equaliser in the last 10 minutes of the game. After that, France just seemed to be desperately seeking a chance to score another goal, only that resulted in an off-side call. Celebrations for Korea who have come from behind to snatch a point, upsetting expectations once again.

Given all the good players on the French team it is a mystery as to why they were unable to deliver as expected. Personally I think they have yet to learn the most crucial lesson of all – you may have great players, but if you cannot play together as a team, you will lose to a team that can. Korea is now on top of Group G with four points – two more than France, who again look like they might crash out of the World Cup at the group stages.

France doesn’t seem to be able to play well together any more.