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French national soccer players of immigrant ancestry face harsher critics at the World Cup

Sports

The synergy that has propelled the French national team to the title game in the most recent World Cup in Russia has been colorblind — but French citizens and fans have not.

An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.

At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it

Sports
An Algerian soccer fan waves the Algerian flag in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. With 16 French-born players on the Algerian team, Franco-Algerians have celebrated the Algerian victories with huge celebrations in French cities.

At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it

Sports

Zidane’s Soccer Headbutt Sculpture on Display in Paris

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