Three wins, one draw: Zinedine Zidane could have had a smile when saying goodbye to his players on Monday evening, after the success at the Stade de France against Belgium. If his men were able to return to their homes, the French coach remained in Paris to take stock with his staff and was not able to be present in Metz, in the evening, to participate in Robert Pirès’ jubilee.
Philippe Diallo went to Gironde to discuss federal policy with elected officials and employees of the Leagues and Districts of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, according to Sud Ouest. The president of the French Football Federation nevertheless expressed his feelings about this first gathering of Zidane’s Blues, expressing his satisfaction.
“We hadn’t changed coach for 14 years. Over the last 10 years, we have had very high level sporting results. It was not easy to choose someone who ensures continuity of performance. The name of Zinédine Zidane stood out because he is an icon of French football and because he has proven himself as a coach at Real Madrid. I believe he wanted to put his mark, and bring something new in all areas and in the end, we take 10 points and we are at the top of the group,” he confided.
Zinedine Zidane will have to take inspiration from Spain
“Everything was not perfect but I think we gave football fans pleasure. There is a lot of hope for the French team to continue to perform, he continued.
We have three deadlines: the 2027 Nations League, then Euro 2028 and the 2030 World Cup. Zinédine is there to try to win. »
And to achieve this, we will undoubtedly have to beat Spain, the executioner of the Blues in the semi-final, during the last Nations League, at the Euro and again this summer at the World Cup. Even if it means taking inspiration from it, as the boss of 3F explained.
“I decided to set up a small unit with him, the DTN (Hubert Fournier), my colleagues from the Executive Committee Marc Keller (president of RC Strasbourg) and Baptiste Malherbe (president of AJ Auxerre) to initiate a reflection on a reform of our technical direction and a new monitoring of our selections. I spoke about it with Zinédine: Spain is world champion, shines in many competitions. He can bring us his important Spanish experience, not to copy it but to draw inspiration from it to be even more efficient”he explained, aspiring to “more cohesion between the selectors of the youth teams, coordination of the whole. In Spain, from U15 to A, there is a style of play and it works. »
