It’s a page that is turning. Appointed to the bench of the France team 14 years ago, Didier Deschamps played his last match as coach of the Blues this Saturday evening in Miami, where Kylian Mbappé and his partners lost 4-6 against England in the small final of the 2026 World Cup.
After the meeting, “DD” had difficulty masking his emotion at a press conference. “It’s the end of something that represented the most beautiful thing. I started in 2012 by putting the French team above everything, because even though you coach in all the biggest clubs in the world, there is nothing, nothing that is above the French team.”confided the ex-Juve coach.
Although he contained his tears in front of the media, Deschamps confessed to having broken down before the match, reading the numerous messages he received. “It was a very special day. I received very nice messages. When I read them, I couldn’t help but cry, don’t ask me who and why (silence). These messages touched me enormously, because they came from people to whom I attach great importance. I’m not going to mention them.”he conceded.
Deschamps: “I’m not going to cry in front of you, even if I could”
“I’m not going to cry in front of you, even if I could. There it is, it’s the end of something which represented the most beautiful thing”he continued, before concluding his last press conference as coach of the Blues: “I always like to have the last word. The most important thing, never forget, is respect. We can disagree, criticism is part of life, but we have respect or not. »
Barring a huge twist, it is Zinedine Zidane who will take over from Didier Deschamps at the head of the France team. The appointment of the former number 10 will be made official before the end of July, said the president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo.
