When they were players, Christophe Dugarry and Didier Deschamps lived together the best hours in the history of the French football team. In particular by making the double World Cup 98 – Euro 2000.
However, the striker and the defensive midfielder hardly appreciated at the time. Over the years, their relationship has not improved. On the contrary. The chances that the two men buried the ax of war seem almost nules.
Christophe Dugarry and Didier Deschamps when they played AC Milan and Juventus respectively in 1996.
“Make peace with Deschamps?” It will never happen, assured Christophe Dugarry during an interview given to La Gazzetta dello Sport. We already did not appreciate himself as players, then he got angry when I criticized him for not having taken Karim Benzema to Euro 2016. With Didier, either you are with him, or against … “.
Dugarry campaigned for Zidane to take over from Deschamps
Shortly before this competition, the context around the Blues was explosive. Karim Benzema, then Real Madrid striker, said Didier Deschamps had not selected him because he had “Ched in the pressure of a racist part of France”.
Dugarry is now waiting for his friend Zinedine Zidane to take over from the current tricolor coach. “It would be logical and the whole country expected, he notes. With him, everything will be much more beautiful. His football, both winning and spectacular, will give supporters the pleasure of the game. ” Didier Deschamps has already announced that his adventure with the Blues would stop at the end of the 2026 World Cup.
