Each new edition of the World Cup is an opportunity to bring up this old issue, which is very embarrassing for French football. That of 2026, which will take place this summer in the United States, Mexico and Canada (from June 11 to July 19), will be no exception to the rule.
Sixteen years after the Blues fiasco in South Africa, Netflix will release a behind-the-scenes documentary on the French team players’ strike before training. This investigation, entitled “The bus: the Blues on strike”will be available on the platform on May 13.
“Fuck you, you son of a bitch!” », the front page of L’Equipe of June 19, 2010 which caused the scandal.
Those who experienced it remember it. After the exclusion of Nicolas Anelka from the group, for alleged insults addressed to Raymond Domenech at half-time of the France-Mexico match on June 17, 2010, the Blues refused to get off their bus in Knysna.
On the training ground, a stone’s throw away, the coach then read to journalists a letter, signed by the players, explaining the reasons for their dissatisfaction. This strike caused a huge scandal and quickly took a political turn.
Patrice Évra: “It’s time to tell the truth”
“This affair was a real national drama and for the first time, the protagonists will deliver their version of the facts”indicated Pauline Dauvin, head of content at Netflix France, when the project was announced in January 2025. Who will dare to speak?
Raymond Domenech, William Gallas, Djibril Cissé and Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of Sports at the time, will retrace the events leading to this disaster. Also heard, Patrice Évra warns in the teaser: “This has been going on for 15 years, it’s time to tell the truth. »
Facing the press, in 2010, the ex-captain affirmed that there was a ” mole “ in the locker room. The identity of this informant, at the origin of the front page of
The Team having caused the sidelining of Nicolas Anelka, has never been clearly revealed. Will we finally know who it is?
