In office since 2012, Didier Deschamps will leave his post as coach of the French team at the end of the 2026 World Cup in North America (if the Blues participate well). The 2018 World Champions Coach and unhappy finalists of 2022 (after being the Captain of the World Champions 98 and winners of Euro 2000) confirmed his departure after his contract until 2026, on January 8 on TF1. What finally install Zinedine Zidane at the head of the tricolor selection?
In the meantime, the EDF, again led by its captain Kylian Mbappé, competes in the quarter-finals of the League of Nations against Croatia, this Thursday in Split then Sunday in Saint-Denis, before participating in the Final Four of the League of Nations in the event of qualification, in June, or to start the playoffs of the “FIFA World Cup 26”. The result against Croatia will determine the qualifying group of the Blues (against Ukraine in a hen, facing the Czech Republic in the other).
Deschamps too far from Joachim Löw
During this Croatia-France, “La Dèche” celebrates its 166th meeting as a French coach and between a little more in the Annals. Deschamps Equale Morten Olsen to become the 3rd coach with the most matches at the head of the same national team. As a result, Sunday at the Stade de France, the Basque will rise alone on the podium at the expense of the former coach of Denmark (from 2000 to 2015).
On the other hand, Didier Deschamps will not catch up with the first two from this historical classification. The record holder in the matter is called Oscar Tabarez, who lived 224 games with Uruguay during his reign from 2006 to 2021, for an American COPA won in 2011 and a quarter -final of the 2018 World Cup against France. Joachim Löw, who led Germany 198 times from 2006 to 2021, for a global coronation, is also too far for Deschamps.
