JAMES M GOWLAND RECALLS WHEN FRANCE BLEW THEIR CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR THE 1994 WORLD CUP FINALS IN ASTONISHING STYLE...

Unlucky, pal: David Ginola is consoled by France team-mate Jean-Pierre Papin

SURROUNDED by reporters, not long after the final whistle in Paris, perhaps in the heat of the moment, David Ginola looked absolutely shellshocked. “C’est terrible, c’est terrible,” he whimpered.
A mistake by none other than himself had led opponents Bulgaria to victory with seconds left to play and seen France fail to grab the point they needed to qualify for the Wo...