Sylvain Ripoll is in great danger at the head of the France Espoirs team after elimination in the quarter-finals of the Euro. To succeed him, an unexpected name came out… that of Zinedine Zidane.
Expectations were enormous around the French U-23 team, given the composition of the workforce, during this Euro. Once again, disappointment prevailed after Sunday night’s elimination from the quarter-final stage against Ukraine. An elimination that greatly weakens Sylvain Ripoll, whose future is highly uncertain and who will take stock of his future with Philippe Diallo in the coming hours.
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In the event of dismissal of Sylvain Ripoll, which coach could succeed him? To everyone’s surprise, that of Zinedine Zidane is mentioned. For the time being, the former manager of Real Madrid is not a track studied by the French Football Federation. But the FFF could give it a try according to Didier Roustan, who dropped the idea Zizou among the Hopes on the set of L’Equipe du Soir, supporting arguments.
Zidane’s surprise in the France U23 team?
“Coach of hopes, it is not always an easy position but the fact that the Olympic Games are in Paris with major players like Mbappé and a very high expectation, that changes the situation. I don’t see Ripoll presenting all the guarantees to have a chance of winning the medal or even of doing well. With the players that there will be, the objective will be to win” first analyzed Didier Roustan in L’Equipe du Soir before dropping the name of Zinedine Zidane to everyone’s surprise.
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“Who to put in the place? I think you should ask someone like Zinedine Zidane. He is not going to wait three years before taking over a team. Admittedly, it would be demeaning to take the France U23 team. But we know his attachment to Les Bleus, if we tell him it’s for a year, as Henri Michel did at the time, why not? He will one day take over from Deschamps, if the Blues catastrophic Euro, we will have Zidane on hand. If he doesn’t have a proposal for this season, he wants to train, it would create a tremendous momentum around the Espoirs and the FFF, ” points out Didier Roustan, convinced that there is something to try with Zinedine Zidane at the head of the France U23 team. And, even if the chances of convincing “ZZ” are slim, who tries nothing has nothing.
