Sylvain Ripoll is finally ousted from the post of coach of the France Espoirs team. If Zinédine Zidane has been claimed at the head of the Bleuets one year before the Paris Olympics, it is Julien Stéphan who should be appointed by the FFF.
A month after the umpteenth disappointment of the France Espoirs team, with an elimination in the quarter-finals of the Euro against Ukraine (1-3), the FFF has decided to eject Sylvain Ripoll from the position of coach. . ” It’s done and the formalization is imminent “, announces the well-informed Mohamed Toubache on Twitter. The Breton coach has not been able to impose a specific style of play since taking office in 2017.
The name of a certain Zinédine Zidane was mentioned for the Bleuets bench. Failing to succeed Didier Deschamps at the head of the France team in the wake of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, “Zizou” would have made a perfect guide for the French hopefuls during the Paris Olympic Games (July 26- August 11, 2024). France will even present themselves as the big favorite in the event of Kylian Mbappé’s participation.
Julien Stéphan as successor
Except that the French Football Federation has not approached the number 10 of the 98 world champions and triple winner of the Champions League with Real Madrid as a coach. It is Julien Stéphan who is in the small papers of the French body to lead the U21s. The 42-year-old technician is free after being sidelined from RC Strasbourg last January.
Youth coach at FC Lorient and Stade Rennais (before becoming the number 1 of the Rouge et Noir in 2018), Stéphan will make an excellent coach of the Espoirs, with a modern speech. But he also arrives with the equinet close to Deschamps, since his father, Guy Stéphan, is obviously the faithful assistant of the coach of the Blues, world champions 2018.
