Football Daily | France in a flap again as Deschamps ponders Butterfly Effect
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Chaos Theory suggests that if a butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian rainforest, it can change the weather half a world away, so with the France international football team in something of a state of disharmony, it seemed fitting that Didier Deschamps’ press conference ahead of his side’s Nations League match against Belgium this evening was interrupted by a winged insect from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera flapping beside his head. “This is an example of the countryside,” observed the France head coach, prompting the kind of overzealous and forced laughter you only hear at such events. “The Neuilly countryside,” he added, referring to the area west of Paris in which his squad were cloistered before their trip to Brussels.
Your apology for the miscalculated suggestion that England shouldn’t be muddying the waters of the second tier of the Nations League (Friday’s Football Daily) reminds me of the apologies and refunds some football teams put out for the travelling away fans after getting a good mauling. We’ve had the apology but will we be getting a refund for subscribing to this sham of a newsletter?” – Chris Jones [yes, here’s your free refund – Football Daily Ed].
Given the unfolding events on the Barcelona sea shore, it must be slight recompense for Chemical Jim that at least one team from his sporting portfolio can finish no worse than second” – Neil Bage.
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