Everything smiles at Didier Deschamps! After having managed to qualify the Blues in the semi-finals of the League of Nations against Croatia on Sunday evening (2-0, 5-4 TAB), the French coach becomes the second coach with the most victories at the head of the same selection. With a total of 106 victories, he equaled the Uruguayan Oscar Tabarez, which also holds 106 successes with the Celeste. However, Deschamps is still far from the 124 victories of Joachim Löw at the head of Germany.
Arrived on the bench of the French team in 2012, Didier Deschamps played 166 matches with the Blues. The longevity of the former Marseillais is explained by a confidence made with his players and his staff for 13 years now. In 2019, Rio Mavuba explained what made DD's success at RMC microphone: ” He is close to his players. With him, you have to be respectful and proud to honor the blue jersey. When he arrived, we felt a new wind and the players were going to be even more attentive to a coach who won a lot as a player and coach. He has an important aura. We immediately understood that it was going to spin straight ».
Didier Deschamps, an exceptional journey
Didier Deschamps has seen generations of players succeed one another and has managed to adapt over the years to new profiles and new management methods. Winning bet for the one who managed to win a second star with the Blues at the 2018 World Cup and a victory in the Nations League in 2021. Euro 2016 finalist (prolongation defeat) and the 2022 World Cup (fire session with lost goal), he holds a much more than honorable record.
But Deschamps' journey was not a long, quiet river. The coach of the Blues has often been in the fire of criticism. Not creative enough, some choices not very understandable at times, the management of the Benzema affair, the Capitanat of Mbappé … Many are those not to be convinced by Didier Deschamps. While he announced to leave the Blues after the 2026 World Cup, he still has time to register his name a little more in history in front of the only French coach with two World Cup.
