Time to withdraw

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France should make the statement that they are withdrawing from the Championship World Cup Soccer-

Players do not run the team - Egos or not -

You follow the team and if you do not wish to play - then barred from all French National Teams forward.

French players’ revolt escalates ahead of final group match | Posted Sports | National Post

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — A players’ revolution, which has torn France’s World Cup squad apart and angered the French president, escalated on Monday after some indicated they might not play in a match which could save their campaign.
A government minister, dispatched to address the warring parties over a crisis which has engulfed France, said the players’ revolt over the expulsion of a colleague who abused the coach, had tarnished the image of the entire nation.
Beleaguered coach Raymond Domenech said on Monday he faced a selection headache before his side’s final Group A game against South Africa because not all the members of his squad might be willing to take to the field on Tuesday in Bloemfontein.
The match is a game the team must win if it is to maintain any hopes of progressing in the tournament.
“It is a possibility,” said Domenech, who has faced a rebellion from his players over the past 48 hours, when asked whether some players could be reluctant to appear.