After the invisible footballers, the report could not be found. Clearly the specter of Knysna still haunts French football. According to information from the daily Le Monde , confirmed by the FFF, the investigation report into the episode of the Blues bus during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has been lost. "The president of the French Football Federation informed the commission that despite the searches carried out, the requested document could not be found", confirmed in writing the Commission for access to administrative documents, in a notice given on March 31, 2019.
A shameful episode in the history of French football
A loss that questions a lot of people, starting with one of the authors of this 15-page report that "showed the oddity of the federation". Certain observers evoke on their side a possible utility to make disappear this trace considered by many as shameful in the history of French football.
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"Little immature guys"
June 17, 2010, while France is beaten by Mexico, the spirits warm in the locker room of the Blues. Nicolas Anelka violently insults his coach Raymond Domenech and is excluded from the group two days later. The next day, in solidarity, the players refused to get off the bus to train before their last match against the host country. An unprecedented event that goes around the world of football and which had gone back to the state. The then Minister of Health and Sports, Roselyne Bachelot, had denounced "little immature guys".
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On their return to France, 18 of the group's 23 players are heard by the FFF disciplinary committee, and four will be sanctioned, including Anelka who will be suspended for 18 matches. This episode will also affect the workforce of the Banc des Bleus, since Raymond Domenech will be sacked in the process.