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Kolkata: The after-match brawl in Bordeaux, where Zinedine Zidane’s career was once shaped but whose club is now in dire straits, was weeks in the making

Kolkata: The after-match brawl in Bordeaux, where Zinedine Zidane’s career was once shaped but whose club is now in dire straits, was weeks in the making. Ever since Argentina won Copa and its players sang a song mocking French players of African descent, there was as much chance of this football quarter-final passing off without incident as Messi and Mbappe participating in the Olympics.

Argentina and France players clash after the football quarter-final in Bordeaux. (Getty Images)