I love Zizou, but besides being not creative enough without him, France was not fucked up or individualistic unbalanced team like an Argie team is (they dont play for eachother, dont have real tactic, just attack/give ball to forwards), France had very hardworking and great defensive players. Zizou was a real leader, that for sure, and calmly dictated games like NO ONE else can, but France 2006 wasnt a joke of a team, it was very formidable one besides creativity/offensive edge wise. He added that and leadership. But the rest of the team shouldnt be belittled, even if they wouldnt far without him (or another offensive player taking charge, though Henry sucked), likes of Gallas, Veira, Thuram and Makelele had top WC etc. I would agree if the description was for France 2002 or France 2008, both joke of a teams. 2008 illustrates how much they needed Zizou and couldnt cope without him, defenitely insanely dependant on him. But also the real quality team players (also leaders) were all aged and retired with him. Left was bunch of primadonna's and kids.