Va-Va-Um: French pair driving Les Bleus to glory

Down the years, great France sides have been elevated by some of the finest defenders the game has ever seen. In 1998, Aimé Jacquet had three centre-backs of genuinely world-class ability in Laurent Blanc, Frank Leboeuf and Marcel Desailly. The full-backs, Lilian Thuram and Bixente Lizarazu, weren’t too shabby either...