Le Classique

By Tom and BappoSports Soccer

Le Classique episodes

March 26, 2021 The Domenech Years - Part 2
Tom and Bappo look back on the second part of Domenech's reign as France manager, where things begin to fall apart. After the high of 2006, dreary football culminates in a disastrous Euro 2008 campaign (and an oddly timed marriage proposal). Second of a three parter on the 'Domenech Years'.
1 hr 9 min
March 16, 2021 Les Petits Cantonas
Eric Cantona was the undeniable 'enfant terrible' of French football. And while he found redemption, many of his successors did not. In this final look at the unfulfilled talents of French football, Tom and Bappo explore players whose temper and attitude may have stopped them from reaching the heights they once promised. Featuring the mercurial Hatem Ben Arfa...
1 hr 27 min
March 02, 2021 Classique Games: France-Bulgaria 1993
Tom and Bappo begin their look at Classique Games by les Bleus by reliving one of the most traumatic moments in French football history. The game that killed off David Ginola's France career, and introduced a Bulgarian side who ripped it up at the 1994 World Cup. It's the Parc des Princes. It's 1993. And it's France-Bulgaria!
1 hr 11 min
February 22, 2021 Classique Seasons: 1998-1999
In their first look at Classic Seasons in French football, Tom and Bappo revisit the iconic 'mano a mano' between Bordeaux and Marseille for the 1998-1999 championship. With a denouement as dramatic as THAT Aguero moment...
1 hr 40 min
February 21, 2021 The Domenech Years - Part 1
Raymond Domenech was back (albeit briefly...) as coach of FC Nantes. Tom and Bappo revisit his eventful, odd tenure as manager of France's national team, from the highs of 2006 to the deep humiliation of the 2010 South Africa World Cup.
1 hr 34 min
February 21, 2021 Les Petits Anelkas
Continuing their investigation into the unfulfilled talents of French football, Tom and Bappo look at the failed attempts of Premier League clubs - inspired by the success of Arsenal and Nicolas Anelka - to bring young talented French teenagers into English football.
1 hr 16 min
February 21, 2021 Les Petits Zidanes
In this first episode investigating the unfulfilled talents of French football, Tom and Bappo go through the list of players hailed as the successors to the one and only ZZ.
53 min