French media pins blame on Lièvremont

“A TOTAL Fiasco”, “Pathetic” and “Shameful” — those were just a selection of some of the headlines to grace the French newspapers on Sunday morning after the nation’s historic 22-21 Six Nations loss to Italy in Rome.

These are troubling times for the French, and with just six months to the World Cup in New Zealand, it seems as if Marc Lièvremont’s 40-month tenure as coach could be coming to an end.

Saturday’s loss in Rome brought Lièvremont’s infamy to new depths, with some newspapers comparing him unfavourably with former France football boss Raymond Domenech.