Starting with the League of Nations is never easy.
“When we are in League A, the sixteen best teams are there”, observes Didier Deschamps, the coach of the France team, who commented on the draw proposed to his successor.
The Blues inherited a fairly classic group, with Belgium and Italy again, and Turkey to complete the quartet. Here is the menu proposed to Zinedine Zidane for his (very probable) first steps at the head of the French selection.
The draw was made Thursday evening, but we have known the order of the matches since Friday noon. And it won’t be easy for Zinedine Zidane, since the Blues will have to start with two away games.
Turkey first, Italy later
In September, “ZZ”’s baptism of fire as coach of the France team should therefore take place in Türkiye, for a trip that will always be hot. Then, four days later, you will have to go to Belgium.
For Zidane’s debut on the Blues bench in front of the French public, we will have to wait until October, with the reception of Italy. A country that the former Juventus player knows well… and against whom he played his very last match as a player, in the final of the 2006 World Cup.
