Nasri latest to join 'Les Miserables' French cast
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June 26, 2012, Tuesday
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SAMIR Nasri's scene stealing departure from Euro 2012 added to the rich history of French footballers not doing things by halves when they want to express their disaffection with their lot.
From Nicolas Anelka in the 2010 World Cup to the volatile Eric Cantona in 1988 to Jean-Francois Larios prior to the 1982 World Cup, the French have led the way in creating headlines for the front as well as back pages.
Nasri's foul-mouthed rant against journalists after the 0-2 defeat to Spain in the quarterfinals could push Laurent Blanc to send him into the international wilderness once again. Ironically, it was Blanc who recalled him after the 2010 World Cup having been left out of that squad by Raymond Domenech because he was deemed a disruptive influence.
"I did talk to Nasri about his comportment with the press but evidently the message didn't get through," a visibly angry Blanc said after Nasri's outburst. "It is not very good for Nasri's image and neither is it for the team's."
Anelka, who now plays for Shanghai Shenhua, was expelled from the squad after another foul-mouthed outburst at hapless coach Domenech at their catastrophic World Cup finals campaign.
'Go fuck yourself you dirty son of a whore!' screamed the then Chelsea striker.
Anelka was sent home from South Africa but the French squad did the unthinkable - they stayed on their team bus and refused to train. "We went way too far. It was a clumsy decision, a big mistake. It was totally stupid," keeper Hugo Lloris said at the time.
While theirs was a collective decision, Cantona's was typical of his unique theatrical temperament reacting to what he took as a personal slight. The mercurial forward, then aged 22, took such offense at being dropped from the France squad by Henri Michel, who had handed him his first cap, that he called him a 'bag of shit' - leading to a one-year ban.
Larios and Michel Platini were key members of the France squad set to participate at the 1982 World Cup finals.
However Larios, a star of the St. Etienne side that dominated French football in the 1970's and early 1980's, had to be peremptorily sent home when allegations surfaced that he was having an affair with Platini's wife.
With Platini's star in the ascendant both on the pitch and in the dressing room Larios never represented his country again.
From Nicolas Anelka in the 2010 World Cup to the volatile Eric Cantona in 1988 to Jean-Francois Larios prior to the 1982 World Cup, the French have led the way in creating headlines for the front as well as back pages.
Nasri's foul-mouthed rant against journalists after the 0-2 defeat to Spain in the quarterfinals could push Laurent Blanc to send him into the international wilderness once again. Ironically, it was Blanc who recalled him after the 2010 World Cup having been left out of that squad by Raymond Domenech because he was deemed a disruptive influence.
"I did talk to Nasri about his comportment with the press but evidently the message didn't get through," a visibly angry Blanc said after Nasri's outburst. "It is not very good for Nasri's image and neither is it for the team's."
Anelka, who now plays for Shanghai Shenhua, was expelled from the squad after another foul-mouthed outburst at hapless coach Domenech at their catastrophic World Cup finals campaign.
'Go fuck yourself you dirty son of a whore!' screamed the then Chelsea striker.
Anelka was sent home from South Africa but the French squad did the unthinkable - they stayed on their team bus and refused to train. "We went way too far. It was a clumsy decision, a big mistake. It was totally stupid," keeper Hugo Lloris said at the time.
While theirs was a collective decision, Cantona's was typical of his unique theatrical temperament reacting to what he took as a personal slight. The mercurial forward, then aged 22, took such offense at being dropped from the France squad by Henri Michel, who had handed him his first cap, that he called him a 'bag of shit' - leading to a one-year ban.
Larios and Michel Platini were key members of the France squad set to participate at the 1982 World Cup finals.
However Larios, a star of the St. Etienne side that dominated French football in the 1970's and early 1980's, had to be peremptorily sent home when allegations surfaced that he was having an affair with Platini's wife.
With Platini's star in the ascendant both on the pitch and in the dressing room Larios never represented his country again.
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