PARIS (AP) — The French Football Federation has summoned five players for a disciplinary hearing regarding their roles in the national team’s strike at the World Cup.
Jeremy Toulalan was seen filing in Tuesday morning. Other players being called to appear were Patrice Evra, Franck Ribery, Eric Abidal and Nicolas Anelka, whose changing-room rage triggered the strike.
All 23 players on France’s World Cup squad boycotted a training session at the tournament in South Africa to protest Anelka’s expulsion from the squad after he insulted then-coach Raymond Domenech during a 2-0 loss to Mexico.
Domenech was among those expected to be present for the hearing, which could last all day.
