(FILES) (FILES) A picture taken on June 20, 2010 shows France's national football team leave the pitch for the team bus before the start of what was supposed to be a team training session at the Fields of Dreams stadium in Knysna during the 2010 World Cup football tournament. France's disastrous World Cup campaign was plunged into fresh chaos when the players refused to train in protest at the decision to send home star striker Nicolas Anelka. French football federation (FFF) will organize on August 17, 2010 a disciplinary committee with five French team's players, Eric Abidal, Jeremy Toulalan, Patrice Evra, Franck Ribery and Nicolas Anelka. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE. From the pioneers of the 1930 tournament to Lionel Messi's coronation in 2022, by the artistry of King Pele and the complex legacy of Diego Maradona, the Football World Cup is rich with great and small stories leading up to the 2026 edition in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. (Photo by Franck FIFE / FILES / AFP via Getty Images)