England can't beat USA or Algeria, Podolski misses a penalty and Germany lose to Serbia, Italy draw 1 - 1 with Paraguay and New Zealand, the Spanish lose to Switzerland and the French haven't even scored a goal yet and look unlikely to anytime soon.
The French team has a tête-à-tête then leaves the field
after deciding not to take part in a training session
France's players refused to train on Sunday following Nicolas Anelka's expulsion from the squad for verbally abusing coach Raymond Domenech. Domenech read out a statement from his squad which said: "The French Football Federation did not at any time try to protect the group. "To show our opposition to the decision taken [on Anelka], all the players decided not to take part in training." The French Football Federation's managing director subsequently quit. Moments before a public training session was about to begin, Domenech had to separate captain Patrice Evra and fitness coach Robert Duverne. Duverne is understood to have stormed away from an argument with Manchester United left-back Evra, throwing his accreditation badge to the ground. The players then left the pitch and walked towards the bus where they had a meeting with Domenech behind closed curtains.
Domenech has now led France for a record number of matches but his six-year stint as coach has been consistently controversial and he will be replaced by Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc once their World Cup is over. That will be on Tuesday, unless they convincingly beat hosts South Africa in their final Group A encounter, and Uruguay and Mexico do not draw the other match.
