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<keyword id="87" type="COUNTRY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Germany">Germany</keyword> and <keyword id="6354785" type="COUNTRY" weightage="100" keywordseo="France">France</keyword> are one step away from the Euro 2016 final. <keyword id="173776" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Joachim-Low">Joachim Low</keyword>'s side made it to the semis taking after a confused shootout win over Italy, while France achieved the last four spot in the wake of ending Iceland’s fairytale in Paris. 
 
Their last meeting, at the Stade de France in November, was shaken by terrorists as three suicide bombers targeted the stadium, executing one outside the ground after failing to get through the passage. The match proceeded to its decision, with France winning 2-0, as talk swung to security ahead this summer's competition. 
 France battled towards the beginning of this competition - they needed late goals to see out Romania and Albania, and were additionally battling against Ireland in the round of 16. <keyword id="107993" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Didier-Deschamps">Didier Deschamps</keyword>' group then hit their step in the 5-2 win against the dim stallions Iceland however again demonstrated shortcomings in defense. 
 While the hosts have bets on snippets of individual splendors and the capability of <keyword id="481605" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Olivier-Giroud">Olivier Giroud</keyword>, Antoine Griezmann and most conspicuously <keyword id="691623" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dimitri-Payet">Dimitri Payet</keyword>, Germany have been the overwhelming side in the greater part of their Euro coordinates as such. Coach Joachim Low utilized the gathering stages to frame a triumphant attitude inside his squad and has changed his formations and strategies when required. 
 
Did you know? 
 
- This will be the fifth encounter between Germany and France, yet their first in the European Championship. 
- France won the first match at a World Cup (in 1958) whilst Germany punted them in the next three in 1982, 1986 and 2014. 
- The French have never kept a clean sheet in their last four clashes with Germany at significant competitions. 
 
From the horse’s mouth 
 
Didier Deschamps, Coach, France: No one can change history, but there are some new chapters to be written and the players can write them. This page is currently blank and they need to fill it tomorrow. 
 
Joachim Low, Coach, Germany: We're not playing against a team; we're playing against an entire country, so I wouldn't say we're favorites. Both teams have good quality and who shows this and makes fewer mistakes and takes their chances will win. We're going to be the toughest opponents France has had to face so far here. We're going to put everything into reaching the final. 
 
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Expected Lineups, Suspensions &amp; More 
 
France 
 
Suspensions: Arsenal pair Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny were both one card far from a ban during last match against Iceland, but were substituted ahead of schedule to guarantee they could play on Thursday night. No Suspensions 
 
Expected Lineup: Lloris (C), Sagna, Rami, Koscielny, Evra, Matuidi, Kante, Pogba, Griezmann, Giroud, Payet 
 
Germany 
 
Suspensions: Mat Hummels (CB), Mario Gomez (Injury) &amp; Sami Kheidera (Injury). 
 
*It is confirmed that <keyword id="121694" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bastian-Schweinsteiger">Bastian Schweinsteiger</keyword> will be leading the side against France 
 
Expected Lineup: Neuer, Kimmich, Boateng, Howedes, Hector, Schweinsteiger (C), Kroos, Draxler, Ozil, Gotze, Muller 
 
Score Prediction: French will be the first to draw blood, experts predict a close match with France scoring the winning goal in extra time (2-1).

EURO 2016 Semi-Final – France Vs Germany: What to
expect in the biggest game so far

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12290229" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="karim-benzema" source="Orion">Karim Benzema</keyword> scored a stunning strike as France won its first ever <keyword id="12290231" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="uefa-nations-league" source="Orion">UEFA Nations League</keyword> title.</li><li>Didier Deschamps' side beat Spain 2-1 in a thrilling match at the San Siro.</li></ul>Karim Benzema scored a stunning goal as France beat Spain in the final of the UEFA Nations League to claim a second major international trophy in three years. Spain went ahead at San Siro stadium in Milan in the 64th minute through Mikel Oyarzabal, who shrugged off defender Dayot Upamecano to beat Hugo Lloris.Benzema equalized for the France just four minutes later, curling a superb effort from the edge of the box into the top corner of Unai Simon's net, before Kylian Mbappe hit a contentious winner.The Paris Saint Germain forward appeared clearly offside when he swept home Theo Hernandez's pass, but a review from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) adjudged him to have timed his run just right. Victory saw France became the competition's second only winner after Portugal in 2019, and comes just three years after it lifted the 2018 World Cup in Russia.It was also a special night for Benzema, who lifted a first trophy with his country after having been exiled from the national team by manager Didier Deschamps in 2015 amid a sex tape scandal.He made his return to international soccer in 2021, and has since scored six goals in 11 matches."It's a dream evening on a collective and personal level," Benzema said after the match. "I really wanted to win a trophy with the France team, today it's done."Benzema has been world soccer's outstanding player so far this season.The 33-year-old striker has hit <a href="https://www.insider.com/ranked-european-footballs-top-scorers-this-season-2021-9">10 goals in 10 matches for Real Madrid in all competitions,</a> while he has also registered an impressive seven assists.After claiming a maiden international trophy, he has now got his eyes on the Ballon d'Or having recently been named on the 30-man shortlist for the most prestigious individual prize in men's soccer."Since I was little, I have had the dream of winning the Ballon d'Or, which is the dream that all footballers have," Benzema told AS, <a href="https://www.sportbible.com/football/karim-benzema-says-hes-been-dreaming-of-winning-the-ballon-dor-20211009">per Sport Bible.</a>"It's true that football is a team game but when you help the side to win, when you're instrumental in triumphs, when you score winning goals, it's natural for any player to aspire to win the Ballon d'Or."Of course, I'll work as hard as I can to win that trophy and I hope, someday, fulfill the dream I had when I was a young boy."Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the other nominees for the award, with Messi the odds-on favorite to win the title for a sixth time.The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 29.

The world's best soccer player right now scored a stunning goal to help France win a second major international trophy in 3 years

<ul class="summary-list"><li>World champion France was held to a shock 1-1 draw by Hungary its second match of <keyword id="963902" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Euro-2020">Euro 2020</keyword>.</li><li>Hungary's goal at the packed Puskas Arena, Budapest was greeted by raucous celebrations.</li><li>Goalscorer Attila Fiola banged a pitchside reporter's table and swept items off it after his goal.</li></ul>Reigning world champion France was held to a shock 1-1 draw by a resilient Hungary in its second match of Euro 2020. Tournament favorite France went behind to Hungary, which is ranked 37th in the world, in added time at the end of the first half when full back Attila Fiola made a darting run into the penalty box and slotted home.The goal was met by raucous celebrations at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, which had welcomed over 60,000 fans. The ground is only Fiola banged a pitchside reporter's table and swept items off it after his goal, before embracing a section of Hungary fans in the front row. After the break, France substitute Ousmane Dembele hit the post, before his FC Barcelona teammate Antoine Griezmann levelled in the 66th minute. Defender Raphael Varane almost scored a last minute winner for Didier Deschamp's side, however his header whistled past the post.Despite the draw, France now sits top of Group F having already beaten Germany in its tournament opener and has all but guaranteed passage to the last-16.It next plays Portugal on Wednesday June 23, when Hungary also faces Germany. "I'm satisfied - I'm not overjoyed with the result, but I'm satisfied," France coach Deschamps said after the match. "We didn't lose, we do have a point to add to the three we have in the bag already. I think this still leaves the door open for us to have a little bit of leeway for the third game."<h2>Fiola's magic moment</h2>Having not conceded in its last five games, Fiola's goal on the stroke of half time came as a huge shock to the French. The 31-year-old headed the ball into the path of teammate Roland Sallai, who flicked it back to him with the outside of his foot.Fiola then ran away from Benjamin Pavard and Varane before looking up and hitting the ball into the bottom left corner of Hugo Lloris' net. "We achieved a fantastic result with a great team game," Fiola, whose only other international goal came in a win away to Andorra in March, said."I am proud of the side, and also the fans. This is one of the most beautiful days of my life!"He added: "It was great to see how well the team played. We were able to showcase braver football and were better in attack than against Portugal on Tuesday. Today was amazing."

Euro 2020 favorite France got an almighty shock by being held to a draw by tournament minnows Hungary

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Kylian Mbappe missed the decisive penalty as world champion <keyword id="6354785" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="france">France</keyword> crashed out of <keyword id="963902" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Euro-2020">Euro 2020</keyword>.</li><li>France was beaten in a shoot-out by Switzerland after a thrilling 3-3 draw.</li><li>Elsewhere, Spain beat Croatia 5-3 in an equally crazy game at Denmark's Parken Stadium.</li></ul>Kylian Mbappe missed the decisive penalty in the shoot-out as world champion France crashed out of Euro 2020 at the hands of Switzerland.France went behind in the last-16 tie thanks to a fine headed goal from Benfica striker Haris Seferović in the 15th minute.A 90 second brace from Karim Benzema in the second-half turned things around for Didier Deschamp's side, before Paul Pogba looked to have sealed victory with a superb long range strike.However a late second goal from Seferović and an injury time equalizer from Mario Gavranović took the tie to extra time and later penalties. Nine players in a row converted from 12-yards before Mbappe then missed the final kick to hand the Swiss an unlikely but hard fought victory.Mbappe, who signed for Paris Saint Germain for a fee of $180 million three years ago, scored four goals as France won the World Cup in 2018, but has been unable to replicate that form this summer at the Euros. The 22-year-old did not manage a single goal during France's Euro 2020 run, in which it won just one match - that being against Germany in its opening fixture. After the defeat to Switzerland, head coach Deschamps consoled the youngster, <a href="https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024481--france-vs-switzerland/?iv=true">insisting he was brave to take the final spot kick.</a>"Kylian Mbappé is incredibly sad, as are all the players," he said. "But nobody can be upset with him as he took on the responsibility of taking the fifth penalty."<div type="image" title="Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring at Euro 2020" height="675" width="1200" msid="83940270" hostid="261"></div>Prior to France's shock defeat to Switzerland, Spain beat Croatia 5-3 in an equally thrilling affair at Denmark's Parken Stadium.Croatia took the lead on the night in bizarre fashion when Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon failed to control Pedri's back pass, allowing the ball to roll into his own net. Goals from Pablo Sarabia, Cesar Azpilicueta, and Ferran Torres turned the tide in Spain's favor, but two strikes in the last seven minutes from Croatia's Mislav Orsic and Mario Palasic took the match to extra time.Alvaro Morata, whose family was threatened after he missed a chance in Spain's final group game, then scored what proved to be the decisive goal before Mikel Oyarzabal added a late strike to cement victory for Luis Enrique's side."An incredible match," said Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales after the match. "There was a moment when we were worried about elimination but then up popped Morata with a great goal. I'm very pleased for him."Spain defender Cesar Azpilicueta said: "Boy, we had to suffer there. It's been a few tournaments since we went through a knockout match."But today we 'broke the ice' against the World Cup runners-up. It wasn't great to be scored against twice late in normal time, but we were the better team in extra time and we deserve to go through."

Soccer's most expensive young player missed a decisive penalty that saw reigning world champion France crash out of Euro 2020

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Yann Sommer saved the decisive penalty as Switzerland knocked <keyword id="6354785" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="france">France</keyword> out of <keyword id="963902" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Euro-2020">Euro 2020</keyword> on Monday.</li><li>The 32-year-old has been training using battery powered, strobe sunglasses prior to the match.</li><li>The Japanese product is designed to "improve your vision by intermittent shutter."</li></ul>Goalkeeper Yann Sommer was his country's hero on Monday night as Switzerland knocked reigning world champion France out of Euro 2020.After a thrilling 3-3 draw which resulted in a penalty shoot-out, <a href="https://www.insider.com/euro-2020-mbappe-penalty-miss-sees-france-crash-out-2021-6">the 32-year-old saved Kylian Mbappe's final spot kick to send his team into the quarterfinals for the first time ever.</a>The secret to Sommer's history making moment? Battery-powered, shutter effect sunglasses.At least that's what the Borussia Monchengladbach star and his Swiss teammates have been using in training to improve their reaction times and anticipation.Sommer, Jonas Omlin, Yvon Mvogo, and Gregor Kobel were all seen wearing the glasses while training for the last 16 clash against France.Made by Japanese company VisionUp, the glasses have an adjustable shutter speed which provides users with different levels of sight to improve a wide array of visual skills."VisionUp Training Glasses stimulate your brain and improve your vision by intermittent shutter," <a href="http://eng.visionup.jp">says the product's website,</a> which features photos of Sommer on it."You can easily improve brain processing speed and visual ability, such as, kinetic visual acuity, dynamic visual acuity, peripheral vision, depth perception, hand-eye coordination, etc. Thus you can obtain better athletic performance."Switzerland went ahead against France on the night <a href="https://www.insider.com/euro-2020-mbappe-penalty-miss-sees-france-crash-out-2021-6">courtesy of a fine headed goal from Benfica striker Haris Seferović in the 15th minute.</a>A 90-second brace from Karim Benzema in the second-half turned things around for France, before Paul Pogba looked to have sealed victory for Didier Deschamp's side with a superb long range strike.However a late second goal from Seferović and an injury time equalizer from Mario Gavranović took the tie to extra time and later penalties, where Sommer produced the heroics. "What a match! What an evening of football, " <a href="https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/2024481--france-vs-switzerland/?iv=true">the Gladbach star said after the match.</a> "It was our chance to finally go through the round of 16, because we never made it before."It's incredible, we played with heart and with character. It's amazing."He added: "I'm really proud of the team, how they came back. We always believed."Even before the game we said no matter what happens in the game, it doesn't matter if we're down, or if things are going well; we play until the end, we never give up."Switzerland faces Spain in the quarterfinals on Friday, July 2.

Switzerland's match-winning Euro 2020 goalkeeper was seen training in special agility-boosting sunglasses before his decisive penalty save

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Stu Forster/Getty ImagesMembers of the France national team celebrating at the 1998 World Cup.</div></div></div>On Sunday, when France goes for international soccer glory against Croatia in the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/world-cup-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Cup</a> final, they will do so nearly 20 years to the day from when the country first won a World Cup. France, playing on home soil, was an extraordinary collection of talent, boasting one of the greatest attacking midfielders in the game's history in Zinedine Zidane, stout defenders like Marcel Desailly, and future superstars such as Thierry Henry.Many of these players would also go on to further international glory, winning the European Championship two years later. There is even a direct connection to the current France squad, as 1998 team's captain, Didier Deschamps, is the current France manager. So now is the perfect time to go back and look at that incredible squad, and see where they have gone since then.

WHERE ARE THEY Now? The 1998 World Cup Winning France Team

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Thierry Henry says France can win UEFA Euro 2020 because of its strength in depth, but will face stiff competition from Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal.</li><li>Ronaldo, 34, captained his country to European glory in 2016, however next summer's tournament could be his last.</li><li>"Can they? Of course they can," Henry told Business Insider when asked if France can win the competition. "[But] I don't think that Ronaldo is going to want to let it go."</li><li>France just need to beat Moldova on November 14 to secure its place at Euro 2020, having lost only one of its eight qualifying games so far.</li><li>"Mbappe wasn't available for a lot of games in the qualifiers, and Giroud appears. And sometimes it's Griezmann, or sometimes it's Kingsley Coman," Henry said. "So that's how you win a tournament, and that's how you win games, when everyone is on tune."</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/soccer-news?r=US&amp;IR=T">Read more of our soccer coverage here.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul>Thierry Henry says France will face tough competition if it is to win the European Championships in 2020, particularly from Cristiano Ronaldo, who will want to go out on a high at what may be his last ever international tournament. France are favorites to lift the trophy next summer, having won the World Cup in 2016 and thus far breezed Group H qualifying, losing just one of its eight games and scoring 21 goals. Should Les Bleus win the competition, it would be the second time in history it has won the World Cup and European Championships back-to-back - Henry being part of the sides that achieved that astonishing feat in 1998 and 2000.To do so however, would mean stripping Ronaldo of the title he captained Portgual to in 2016, which Henry admits will be no easy task. "Can they? Of course they can," Henry told Business Insider when asked if the current crop of French players can match the achievements of the 1998 to 2000 class.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div>"But right now Portugal are the holders, and I don't think that [Cristiano] Ronaldo is going to want to let it go."Spain are going to want to come back, Italy, Holland are doing extremely well, although they are still not there yet. Belgium, I'm sure are going to want to erase what happened at the World Cup. So it's very difficult to call that one out."Can they? Of course they can. They have the quality to do that for sure."<h2>Henry says France's strength in depth sets the team apart </h2>France national team manager Didier Deschamps has a seemingly endless supply line of talent across all positions at his disposal to choose from.Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte, Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette, and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema were just a few of the high profile names left out of the World Cup winning squad of 2018. In qualifying this time around, other big names have again been excluded - the most notable being Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe, who was sidelined for over a month with two separate injuries. Henry, <a href="https://www.theheinekencompany.com/Age-gate.aspx?returnurl=%2f">who is the brand ambassador for Euro 2020's official beer, Heineken</a>, says such luxury is what ultimately sets his country apart. "What I like with that team is that obviously you have guys like [Olivier] Giroud, [Paul] Pogba, [Antoine] Griezmann, Mbappe, that you expect to shine, because that's what they do," he said. "But it's a team effort. And what I've seen from them at the World Cup was they won that tournament as a team. They're winning games as a team in the qualifiers. For example, Mbappe wasn't available for a lot of games in the qualifiers, and Giroud appears. And sometimes it's Griezmann, or sometimes it's Kingsley Coman. "So that's how you win a tournament, and that's how you win games, when everyone is on tune."France next take on Moldova on November 14, where a win would be enough to seal its place at the World Cup next summer.

Thierry Henry says France can win Euro 2020 but warns Cristiano Ronaldo will want to go out on a high in what would be his last international tournament

<ul class="summary-list"><li>World Cup winner Lilian Thuram says <keyword id="3071" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soccer">soccer</keyword>'s authorities don't protect Black players against racism.</li><li>He told Insider he is now on a mission to start an independent players' organization that will.</li><li>"It would give them a cohesion and it would give them strength," he said in an interview.</li></ul>France's winning team at the 1998 World Cup is one of the greatest in the history of soccer.Led by captain Didier Deschamps, Les Bleus boasted a roster that included Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, and a young Thierry Henry.While all of the above have since put their talents to good use in the world of football management, Lilian Thuram, another of France's biggest stars from the tournament, has instead chosen a different career path post retirement - fighting against racism. After calling time on a glistening playing career that saw him win titles with AS Monaco, Parma, Juventus, and FC Barcelona in 2008, Thuram first started his own foundation, which aims to educate young people on the roots of racism and explain why it is wrong.Since then he has curated an exhibition at a museum in Paris examining the use of colonial subjects as attractions in "human zoos" and freak shows, while he has also written no less than eight books.The latest - entitled "La pensée blanche" ("White Thought" in English) - came out in 2020, and explores the idea that race is a political ideology from which white people benefit.Now, along with the help of some of the world's top minds at Harvard University and a band of <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> stars from the United States, he wants to create an independent players' organization that will lead the charge in eradicating racism from soccer."We're looking at a hierarchy in terms of skin color, with Black people at the bottom of the pile," Thuram told Insider. "It's not just something that a single country has got to face, but it is something that goes the whole way around the world."<h2>Racism in soccer is rife</h2>During the 2019/20 season, English soccer's equality and inclusion organization, Kick It Out, <a href="https://www.kickitout.org/pages/faqs/category/reporting-statistics">reported a shocking 53% increase in reported racial abuse in the professional game.</a>Elsewhere on the continent, levels of racism led to the issue being <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/racism-soccer-epidemic-mirrors-disturbing-trends-europe-advocates/story?id=67850877">described as an "epidemic" by campaigners.</a>This season, a number of high profile racist incidents have again plagued the game, the most high profile of which came during a match in the Europa League between Rangers and Slavia Prague in March. During the came, Prague's <a href="https://www.insider.com/uefas-super-league-reaction-compared-to-racism-responses-2021-4">Ondrej Kudela racially abused Rangers defender Glen Kamara.</a><div type="image" title="Glen Kamara" height="1436" width="1915" msid="82312852" hostid="261"></div>Kudela was handed the minimum 10-match ban, while Kamara was also banned for three games for "assaulting" the Czech player in the tunnel after the match.Thuram told Insider that the slow and tepid response of European soccer's governing body, UEFA, is indicative of a wider problem in the governance of the sport.He says authorities focus little effort on responding to incidents of racist abuse, or in some cases even ignore them, because they are more concerned with protecting their own, and soccer's, current power structures. "All of the efforts are being made to protect the economy, to protect the football economy," said Thuram. "'There's no racism in football, everything is okay.' It's just [about] making sure that the business is maintained.""As a general rule, the institutions do not protect victims of racism," he added.Thuram's viewpoint was evident in recent weeks after the announcement of the now-dead European Super League. UEFA came out swinging against the Super League with the organization's president Aleksander Ceferin calling it a "spit in the face of all football lovers," and accusing clubs who planned on joining of being "snakes."This response was almost immediately questioned by some players, <a href="https://www.insider.com/uefas-super-league-reaction-compared-to-racism-responses-2021-4">who asked why European soccer's governing body has not been so vocal when it comes to tackling racism within the sport.</a><div type="image" title="Mouctar Diakhaby" height="1249" width="2500" msid="82312854" hostid="261"></div>Speaking to Insider, Thuram went on to reference an incident during a Spanish La Liga game in April, where Cadiz's Juan Cala was alleged to have racially abused Valencia's Mouctar Diakhaby.The game was temporarily halted after Valencia players walked off. It later resumed - just without Diakhaby."When there is a racist incident on the pitch, pretty much what happens most of the time is that the player gets a yellow card, and sometimes he'll get red card," he said."And if the player decides that he wants to leave the pitch, pretty much all of the others players will do everything they possibly can to hold him back and keep them on the pitch."So what it looks like the person who has been insulted is attempting to walk off but he's basically spoiling the game."After the incident Cala said Diakhaby had "misunderstood" him - a stance later backed by La Liga. The league said by there was no evidence that Diakhaby had been racially abused, other than the player's own word."Instead of defending Diakhaby, La Liga actually takes the line that denounces the player," said Thuram."It shows that they most likely have the same level of prejudice."<h2>Black Players For Change</h2><div type="image" title="Lilian Thuram" height="933" width="1866" msid="82313116" hostid="261"></div>To bypass the lack of action from the powers that be, Thuram now wants to form a Black players' organization that will tackle racial injustice. One such organization already exists in the United States. It is called "Black Players For Change" and it represents over 170 players, coaches, and staff from the MLS."Black Players For Change is committed to tackling the racial injustices that have limited Black people from having an equitable stake in the game of soccer and society," <a href="https://blackplayersforchange.org/about/">says a statement on the organization's website.</a>"Among the many goals the organization strives to advance the attention on human right inequalities from protest to programs, partnerships and policies that address systemic racism."Thuram wants to follow the example of Black Players For Change in Europe."I think it will be easier if comes from the US," he said when asked if he believes players from Europe would join such an organization."It could be the young players, because those of them who knelt in Europe were those between the ages of between 20 and 22 for instance."In the English Premier League, <a href="https://www.insider.com/black-lives-matter-premier-league-players-take-knee-solidarity-2020-6">all players took the knee before matches to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement</a> following the police murder of George Floyd in May 2020.In France, Spain, and other European countries, however, many teams and players chose not to use the gesture.In Germany, only a handful of players chose to do so. <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-jadon-sancho-hat-trick-george-floyd-shirt-2020-5">One of those who did was Borussia Monchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram,</a> Lilian's son, who took the knee after scoring a goal in a game versus FC Union Berlin."I think very, very definitely the young players, due to their education, the times that they live in, that the younger players would probably be much, much quicker to adhere to that type of organization," the former France international added."And they could make it known on social media, they're all on social media. They all have a massive following. Let it be known that they're part and parcel of this by using communication, and they would actually set in motion something that would be extremely symbolic."To get the organization off the ground, Thuram hopes to use the platform of <a href="https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/global-sports">Harvard University's Global Sport Initiative,</a> while he also hopes that Amnesty International, the world's leading human rights organization, can be involved. "It would be fantastic to have a meeting like that, and get like minded people together and get like minded players together," he said. "It would give them a cohesion and it would give them strength. It would show their revolt and by revolt, what I mean is you bring it out into the public domain and talk about it, you name it, you give examples you talk about."I think it's a brilliant idea. It would give them all courage, the fact that they would all be in together."<h2>Thuram admits it won't be easy</h2>One of biggest road blocks Thuram envisages for the project are people, and organizations, who oppose the idea because they see it as "anti-white."He believes that will be a particularly pertinent problem in France due to his home country's history of colonialism. "What's happening at the moment in France, there is a whole social debate going on," he said. "What the kernel of the issue is that there are people who believe victims of racism should not be allowed to meet within a group that is purely made of people who have experienced racism."The comparisons given by those who disagree with this, is that you're not going to invite a non-alcoholic to an Alcoholic's Anonymous meeting."But the overall consensus, at least for the time being in France, seems to be that this should not be allowed, that it's anti white to have these non-mixed meetings where people talk about being victims of racism."He added: "This is not new, this whole strategy of trying to keep people from meeting together, this goes back to the curtain wall, which is the "Black Code" [Le Code Noir], which if my memory is correct, was instigated against slaves back in the 17th century.""Le Code Noir" was a decree passed by the French King Louis XIV in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire."I think it was 1685, and that was in place until 1858," continued Thuram. "And basically, one of the tenants one of the laws of this code was to forbid Black people to come together, because by doing that, they threatened the status quo."So by putting in the same type of of laws in place nowadays, it is a means of maintaining the status quo here in France."<div type="image" title="Le Code Noir" height="1000" width="2000" msid="82312860" hostid="261"></div>Another of Thuram's roadblocks he says is the media."Within the media, you have the same inherent prejudice," he said. "So if you start off a movement like this thinking you're going to get their benediction, it's not going to happen."<a href="https://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1478&amp;context=msw_paperspers">A 2015 study from St. Catherine University</a> stated that Black men are more likely to be "criminalized and represented as violent in the media" as opposed to white men.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/sports/soccer/soccer-racism-broadcasting.html">In 2020, The New York Times reported</a> that Black soccer players are four times more likely than their white counterparts to be discussed in terms of their strength, and seven times more likely to be discussed in terms of their speed. White players, on the other hand, were more likely to be praised for their work ethic and intelligence. On top of that, there is also little diversity in the mass media. <a href="https://democracyfund.org/idea/the-state-of-diversity-in-the-media-a-field-analysis/">The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) reported</a> in 2016 that minorities (defined as Black, Asian American, Hispanic, and Native American) made up 17% percent of the workforce across the country's newsrooms. "For a lot of the mainstream media, they they cultivate the same hierarchy, they're a means of ensuring that the institutions remain in place and that the status quo remains."But that doesn't mean that you don't go ahead."This interview was facilitated by <a href="https://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvard University's Global Sport Initiative</a>. Thuram's comments were made through a translator. As such, some comments have been lightly edited for clarity.

World Cup icon Lilian Thuram says soccer doesn't protect Black players against racism. Now he's on a mission to start an organization that will.

<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image"><a href="https://vine.co/v/bUAta0rlwZa">Screenshot/Evan Woodbery on Vine</a></div></div>Scandal has already taken hold of the World Cup on the tournament's first day of matches.
After spotting a drone hovering over its practice yesterday, France's team manager Didier Deschamps has called for an investigation into the possibility that the team was spied on, <a href="https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/the-rio-report/france-training-rocked-spying-drone-170406738.html">according to Yahoo Sports</a>.
Deschamps <a href="http://www.football-italia.net/50375/france-question-drone-spies">told Football Italia</a> the drone's operator was likely one of France's potential opponents, or a French news agency. France is in Group E with Switzerland, Honduras, and Ecuador. 
The story is gaining traction in the French media. Sports website <a href="http://www.infosportplus.fr/">Infosport+</a> tweeted this yesterday:

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Un drone survole les Bleus lors de l'entraînement, enquête du service de sécurité. Image captée par <a href="https://twitter.com/nicopaillard">@nicopaillard</a> <a href="http://t.co/UwEzCdrHrJ">pic.twitter.com/UwEzCdrHrJ</a>
- infosport+ (@infosportplus) <a href="https://twitter.com/infosportplus/statuses/476466582898868224">June 10, 2014</a></blockquote>
The tweet translates to: "A drone flies over the Blues during training," referring to a colloquial name for the French soccer team. It also alludes to an investigation.
BFMTV has reported that <a href="http://www.bfmtv.com/sport/drone-netait-pas-hondurien-791293.html">the drone wasn't Honduran</a>. The article says the drone's pilot, who was apprehended by local police "wanted to have fun watching training since he could not be at the stadium." The article doesn't give the nationality of the pilot, though if BFMTV is right, it was probably a fan using it rather than a journalist or sports operative.
Regardless, the presence of a drone at the World Cup says a lot about how popular and relatively affordable drones have become.

Someone Used A Drone To Spy On France's World Cup Team

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table full"><div><div class="image"><a href="http://instagram.com/p/n3hpmdJ1Ks/">@anaragram</a></div></div></div>Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri was left off the France World Cup team in a mild surprise, and his girlfriend is not happy about it.
Nasri had a bit of a falling out with coach Didier Deschamps after a poor performance in a World Cup qualifying playoff game against Ukraine last year. As a result, he'll be watching the World Cup from home despite being arguably the best French player in the Premier League.
Nasri has been diplomatic about the snub. He <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20140511/samir-nasri-world-cup-squad-france.ap/">told the AP on Sunday</a>, "I'll go on holiday and watch the World Cup on TV."
The people around him aren't as reserved, though. His club coach Manuel Pellegrini said he should be on the team.
And after the squad was announced on Tuesday his girlfriend, British model Anara Atanes, went nuts on Twitter.
She wasn't holding back:
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When it comes to the salaries of the coaches at the World Cup, there is a huge disparity between the highest-paid and those at the bottom of the list.
Jurgen Klinsmann of the United States is the tenth highest-paid coach in the tournament, making $2.6 million per year according to <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2654453/Roy-Hodgson-trails-Fabio-Capello-highest-paid-managers-World-Cup.html">data collected by the UK Daily Mail</a>. But that pales in comparison to Fabio Capello, who is making $11.2 million leading the Russian team.
Here is the salary for every coach at the World Cup:
<ol>
<li>Fabio Capello, Russia - $11,235,210</li>
<li>Roy Hodgson, England - $5,874,570</li>
<li>Cesare Prandelli, Italy - $4,322,010</li>
<li>Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil - $3,973,730</li>
<li>Ottmar Hitzfeld, Switzerland - $3,745,130</li>
<li>Joachim Löw, Germany - $3,602,460</li>
<li>Vicente del Bosque, Spain - $3,386,270</li>
<li>Louis van Gaal, Netherlands - $2,738,060</li>
<li>Alberto Zaccheroni, Japan - $2,727,480</li>
<li>Jurgen Klinsmann, United States - $2,621,740</li>
<li>Didier Deschamps, France - $2,161,000</li>
<li>Paulo Bento, Portugal - $2,160,170</li>
<li>Carlos Queiroz, Iran - $2,098,060</li>
<li>Jorge Sampaoli, Chile - $1,774,960</li>
<li>Jose Pekerman, Colombia - $1,678,450</li>
<li>Ange Postecoglou, Australia - $1,395,300</li>
<li>óscar Tabárez, Uruguay - $1,258,840</li>
<li>Sabri Lamouchi, Ivory Coast - $1,037,450</li>
<li>Vahid Halilhodžic, Algeria - $1,007,070</li>
<li>Marc Wilmots, Belgium - $864,400</li>
<li>Fernando Santos, Greece - $864,400</li>
<li>Alejandro Sabella, Argentina - $818,240</li>
<li>Hong Myung-bo, South Korea - $795,250</li>
<li>Luis Fernando Suárez, Honduras - $629,420</li>
<li>Reinaldo Rueda, Ecuador - $566,480</li>
<li>Jorge Luis Pinto, Costa Rica - $440,590</li>
<li>Volke Finke, Cameroon - $394,440</li>
<li>Stephen Keshi, Nigeria - $392,420</li>
<li>Safet Susic, Bosnia and Herzegovina - $352,470</li>
<li>Niko Kovac, Croatia - $271,740</li>
<li>James Kwesi Appiah, Ghana - $251,770</li>
<li>Miguel Herrera, Mexico - $209,810</li>
</ol>
Of course, salaries mean different things in different countries. Here is a look at how much each coach makes compared to the average salary in that country <a href="https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/476664771023212544">via SportingIntelligence.com</a>.
While Russia's Fabio Capello is still near the top, making 763 times as much as the average Russian, that is actually second to Sabri Lamouchi, who makes 795 times as much as the average person in the Ivory Coast.
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