World Cup dark horses: can France win in Brazil?

Four years after the disaster in South Africa the French will be hoping to make amends

French stars Paul Pogba, Patrice Evra, Karim Benzema and Franck Ribery
(Image credit: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

Which French team will step off the plane in Brazil this summer? Will it be one determined to follow in the footsteps of legends like Zinedine Zidane and manager Didier Deschamps, or will we get a repeat of the bickering and bitching that we saw in South Africa?

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