A quick look at the odds for the 2022 World Cup has France listed as second-favourites for the trophy behind Brazil.
Yet one peculiar trend of recent tournaments has been the rank failure of defending champions. Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014 and Germany in 2018 all fell at the first hurdle while defending their trophy.
France aren’t immune either. After the cathartic triumph on home soil in 1998, a side containing Patrick Vieira, Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry bombed out of the 2002 World Cup without scoring a goal in their three group matches.
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