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No team will touch France in Qatar. They are amazing! With 100 days to go until the World Cup, Les Bleus legend MARCEL DESAILLY talks maverick midfielders, 1998 glory and Kylian Mbappe magic

When France were World Cup winners in 1998, Zinedine Zidane scored two goals and Brazil's Ronaldo had a seizure and nearly missed the game.

That, we will never forget. What is often lost amid memory of the final is that Marcel Desailly was sent off. What is less known still, is what happened next to the French defender.

'I was taken to a doping room because I was on the list to be tested,' begins the former Chelsea star, who was shown a second yellow card after 68 minutes in Paris with his side leading 2-0.