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¿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