Who says back, says new gathering of the French team. The Blues will face Ukraine (September 5) and Iceland (September 9) to start the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup.
Didier Deschamps will bow out after this competition. He will therefore have spent fourteen years on the sidelines of the tricolor selection. Like his predecessors, the 56 -year -old technician was not spared from criticism.
Especially in the last years. “At one point, we are fed up with your face. It's French. I feel like I'm doing my farewell … Yes, it's the last year. Afterwards, the criticisms, there have always been. Everyone can have different opinions, I never look back ”assured the one who has the biggest record in French football.
Didier Deschamps, not touches his private life
And Didier Deschamps to continue: “Could I have done things differently?” Yes. Would it have happened better? Maybe. I have choices, responsibilities. Today's truth may not be the same in a month. In football, the sanction falls every three days. I am completely waterproof to everything outside. Players are more or less sensitive. I have no problem with the analyzes ”.
The 1998 world champion, however, poses a limit: the human terrain. “If we go beyond this line, it's no longer the same thing,” he warns. But that never prevented me from sleeping, or acting in the interest of the French team. »» As a coach of the Blues, Didier Deschamps won the 2018 World Cup and the 2021 Nations League.
