The month of January was particularly busy for Didier Deschamps. Not because of the news of the French team, at rest until February and the double confrontation in the face of Croatia in the quarterfinals of the League of Nations, but of the Yellow Parts operation, of which he is A very active sponsor, multiplying the interventions alongside Brigitte Macron.
Things have now calmed down for the coach of the Blues and the latter was able to take the opportunity to compete in a padel tournament organized by the Padel Club of Eze as part of the +55 -year regional circuit of the PACA League. Coming as neighbor, the double world champion won alongside his partner Olivier Romary facing the tandem made up of Christophe Cailux and Franklin Loufrani.
“A real passion”
This tournament is one of the 15 stages of the regional circuit bringing together amateur players over 55, the best pairs qualifying for the final master programmed in June in Aix-en-Provence. An event on which the former midfielder will have to ignore in view of the calendar of the French team, expected to compete in the Final Four of the League of Nations in the event of qualification against Croatia or launch their qualifications for The 2026 World Cup.
Didier Deschamps is not a novice in padel. “It's a real passion. I discovered the Padel in 2010 when I was coach of Olympique de Marseille. There was a Padel track in Cassis, today there are many more and fortunately. I was playing tennis a little and then I discovered this sport, he had told Padel Magazine. Subsequently, I stopped tennis and I continued to play Padel: I find that it is more fun. I have the opportunity to be able to play regularly and I have a lot of fun. »»
The passion is such for the native of Bayonne that he did not hesitate to have a short built in his property in Cap d'Ail.