France unhappy with World Cup seeding

England came within a whisker of being handed a World Cup qualifying campaign with France as their opponents – only for Spain to be handed that poisoned chalice.

Sun, 31 Jul, 2011 - 13:59

England came within a whisker of being handed a World Cup qualifying campaign with France as their opponents – only for Spain to be handed that poisoned chalice.

Only two names were left in the pot at the end of the qualifying draw for the 2014 finals in Brazil – England and Spain, with the prospect that one of those would go into Group I with France.

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