“Go get in*ler, dirty son of P*te!” »»
This title of the newspaper The teampublished on June 19, 2010, is still engraved today in minds. Two days earlier, the French team had suffered a stinging defeat against Mexico (0-2) during their second World Cup meeting in South Africa. Nicolas Anelka had only played the first half of this match, before being replaced by André-Pierre Gignac.
Quickly, noise had then circulated about an altercation between Raymond Domenech and the tricolor striker in the locker room. What words had been exchanged? The daily had unpacked everything by illustrating its front page with a photomontage of the two protagonists, accompanied by this shattering declaration. A real outcry that had led to his expulsion from Knysna, where the Blues had taken up residence.
Who was the bruises' taupe really in Knysna?
Problem: it quickly appeared that the remarks attributed to the ancient arsenal center forward were not exact. This version was also confirmed by the coach of the time, many years later, as well as by former sports journalist Pierre Ménès. On his YouTube channel, in February, the latter returned, fifteen years after the facts, on what remains the greatest scandal of the French team.
And the ex-Sniper of Canal+ delivered his truth about the identity of the famous “Taupe” of the Blues, who leaned the information (false, therefore) to The team. “I quickly knew that it was not exactly what Anelka saidhe said. The goal of the game was to find the mole quickly enough. It seems that it was the agent of a player who repeated in a distorted way what Anelka had said. »» Mystery finally resolved.
