Zinédine Zidane was finally able to discover his players and train them. The new coach of the France team welcomed his 23 Blues on Monday to Clairefontaine. After introducing them to his staff and showing them a video evoking the legacy they had to perpetuate, “Zizou” invited them to the Michel-Platini field for a session in which he briefly participated. A great moment enjoyed at the top of the FFF.
“After this emotional moment (during his appointment on July 28), I think that now, he has really gotten to the heart of the matterobserves Philippe Diallo in an interview given to Provence. He has a team around him that is competent, it’s the one he had in past years. I think he has very clear ideas in what he wants to do, in the way he wants to manage this France team. »
Zinédine Zidane is “in a desire to break”
A method which is already opposed to that of Didier Deschamps, as noted by the president of the body. “You saw it, he’s broken. It’s a real pagehe confirms. He took 23 players instead of 26. This is a first sign. He’s going to make them play. He took names, perhaps, that we didn’t expect. He didn’t take anything that we would have expected. So, I think that his approach is a desire to break. »
“Breakup”a word that the boss of the Federation uses several times, even seeing it in the announcement of the list of players selected by “ZZ” for this international window. “She arrived on a Friday. It wasn’t the traditional day, usually we did it on Thursdayhe notes. In everything he does, I think he wants to change things. Changing things with a clear goal is to win. »
“I think his deepest desire is to give back to the French team, as a coach, what it has given him in his life, in his life as a player and in his life as a man, to win to give pleasure and pride to everyone”continues Philippe Diallo, who does not forget all the work carried out between 2012 and 2026 by Didier Deschamps and his staff, whom he will have only worked with during the last three years.
Philippe Diallo sets the course
“I spent three years with Didier Deschamps and his team. We made a semi-final of the Euro, semi-final of the World Cup and the Final Four (of the League of Nations). Didier was someone who, for 14 years, led the French team to the top. He won the World Cup, it was great. I have already said it, it was a form of golden age for the French team. As president, my wish is to extend this golden age. »
This is the challenge he throws at Zinédine Zidane, linked to the FFF until 2030: “I think he is the one who is best able to prolong this golden age for us. And not only to allow the French team to reach, as always, I hope, the last four, because that is often the objective given to our French teams, but perhaps to go a little beyond to win titles. And I think that he, in any case, came for that. »
