The 2010 World Cup remains a bruising for the French team. And even more than elimination in the first round after notably two defeats against Mexico and South Africa, this good the events of Knysna who left an indelible task in the history of the Blues between insults, hunt And players' strike.
The South African World Cup was particularly painful for Yoann Goourcuff. Not only because of the fiasco crossed by the men of Raymond Domenech but also because of the bad relations he had with several executives of the French team, Frank Ribéry in mind.
Florent Malouda did not want to defend for Yoann Gourcuff
But the former Marseillais was not the only one to show distrust of the Bordeaux playmaker. It was the same with Florent Malouda. Witness the anecdote delivered by Pierre Ménès in one of his chronicles on his YouTube channel. “Anyway, this competition had gone in peanuts because before the first match against Uruguay, Florent Malouda will see Domenech and says' I wanted to defend for Zidane, I do not want to defend for Gourcuff”, he said.
And if Florent Malouda finally started the meeting on the bench, coming into play at the start of the last quarter of an hour in place of … Yoann Gourcuff, the Breton was completely ostracized by his teammates. What cause the former Milanese in disgust. “Yoann will tell Domenech” I can't play, they don't give me the ball “. To which Raymond, logically, replies “But it is bullshit, we will prove to you that it is not the case”, told Pierre Ménès for this purpose. Raymond commands a video by asking his editor “Make me a montage that contradicts Yoann's statements”. Except that after 3 am, the video editor came and said “I can't” “. »»
