THE French team may face disciplinary action from FIFA following nude photographs of three of its players on the sports page of German leading paper, Bild.
Captioned: ''Is this how to show up before you come for our games?, the pictures generated controversy in German circles yesterday but FIFA says it will wait until tomorrow's game in Moechengladbach to know the motives of Bild and the players on the provocative shots.
However, the French players confirmed yesterday that the shots were no phototrick but a ploy to distract the German team from the objective of tomorrow's match.
Meanwhile, German legend, Franz Beckenbauer, believes FIFA'S relunctance to punish Nigerian coach, Eucharia Uche, on allegation of homosexuals in women football encouraged French players to go naked on pages of German sports publication, Bild, yesterday.
French players namely Gaetine Thiney, 25, Elodie Thomis, 24, and Corine Franco, 27 posed nude in sports paper Bild and claimed it was deliberate to taunt the German team.
''I think it was time to respect the game more, moreso this is a Women World Cup.''
''FIFA should have been more frontal on the issue of lesbianism raised by the Nigerian coach. Sitting on the fence made things worse with the French women, the world respect France and their citizens so much,'' he told reporters.
Uche claimed there were lesbians in women football but that she had curbed it among the Super Falcons by excluding players who exhited the tendencies. She has since been warned by FIFA.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
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