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MEAN WHILE IN …

1 IN HOT WATER

If you’re anything like FFT, you’ve probably always dreamed of watching a nondescript Ligue 1 fixture from a hot tub – when Troyes hosted Rennes in the battle for mid-table, two fans did just that.

Troyes have spent the past 20 years struggling to recapture the drama of the early 2000s, when they drew 4-4 at Newcastle in Europe, then lost 6-5 on aggregate to Leeds. They’ve since become a sister club of Manchester City, bought by the City Football Group in 2020, and returned to Ligue 1 last year.

Now boasting stars like Pamela Anderson’s ex Adil Rami, things got even more exciting against Rennes, who fielded Welshman Joe

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