Three months after a final victory over Germany in the small final of the 2025 Nations League (0-2), the players of the French team meet at the beginning of September. This time, Didier Deschamps' men have a new mission: to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Before playing their first two games, Kylian Mbappé was this Thursday in front of the press.
For his first speech before facing Ukraine Friday evening at the Tarczynski Arena of Wroclaw (8:45 pm), the tricolor captain answered some questions including one focused on his coach. He paid tribute to the one who will leave the selection after the World Cup. “It is a monument to French football. He marked the history of the French team as a player and coach. His CV speaks for him. »»
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And Kylian Mbappé to conclude: “But we can't summarize it to that. He contributed to the two stars that we have on the jersey. »» Words that will inevitably be entitled to the heart of the coach who would obviously like to add a small third before flying to new adventures.
Deschamps aims for a third star
For the moment, Didier Deschamps does not know (or does not mean) what he will do once his mandate is finished in the FFF. If a short break is not to be excluded, he still made it clear that he should resume service on one bench one day or another.
With the Blues, “DD” won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 as a player. Twenty years after the world's first coronation, he took the Blues a second time on the football roof by winning the 2018 World Cup in the coach costume. Beaten by Argentina in the final of the 2022 edition, he has a final opportunity online. History of leaving an even larger door.
