The French team will face Paraguay this Saturday (11 p.m.), as part of the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup. Blues coach, Didier Deschamps entered the history of the competition during the success against Sweden in the round of 16 (3-0), becoming the technician with the most victories (17). Enough to push the FFF to offer him a gift to mark the event.
The French Football Federation published a short video on its social networks this Friday. We see the president of the 3F giving Didier Deschamps a jersey with the number seventeen. A little taken aback at first, the coach ended up accepting the offering and thanking his boss.
Philippe Diallo took care to remind us that the series remained in progress. Will Didier Deschamps receive a new jersey with each victory of the Blues, perhaps until the final of this 2026 World Cup? Regardless, the French technician was warmly applauded and congratulated by his troops who witnessed this moment just before their meal.
Didier Deschamps passes Helmut Schön
In any case, there are four matches left until the final. Suffice to say that everyone around the Blues hopes that Deschamps will finish with a jersey adorned with the number 21.
The record that the 1998 world champion (as a player) and 2018 (as coach) has just broken, dated from 1974 and was held by the German Helmut Schön with his sixteen victories under his belt.
