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Liverpool Echo
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Theo Squires

Liverpool striker handed 18-match ban after X-rated dressing room row saw him expelled from squad and led to training ground mutiny

Reigning World champions after winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia and boasting one of the very best players in the world in Kylian Mbappe, France are very much a team to be feared these days.

Despite heading to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with a number of players missing through injury, they remain one of the most impressive performers at the tournament and are strong contenders to defend their crown after reaching the semi-finals at the expense of England.

Yet, despite winning the World Cup for the first time in 1998 and reaching the final again in 2006, alongside a European Championships win in 2000 and final loss in 2016, it hasn’t always gone to plan for Les Bleus in recent years at major international tournaments.

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