Say it without saying it. In his own way, twisted. Out of modesty and so as not to engulf the event of a World Cup final. Asked this Saturday on the eve of France – Argentina, Didier Deschamps, whose contract ends on December 31, 2022 with the French Federation (FFF), confirmed his desire to remain at the head of the French selection. He decorrelated his wish from the result of the final. “The France team is the best thing that has happened to me professionally. As a player first and now as a coach, he said this Saturday. It is the passion of the very, very high level. The most important thing is not me but the team. She is above everything, I have been in her service for ten years. It’s nice to think of me. But what I only have in mind is tomorrow’s match (Editor’s note: this Sunday afternoon). »
He was answering a question at a press conference in the Doha Convention Center. The journalist reminded him of old but recent remarks in which he confided his desire to remain for another ten years at the head of the Blues. Off the microphone, he will begin his reply with a smile: “Twenty years even! “. As we wrote on December 11, the boss of the Blues intends to continue the adventure and an extension of at least two years awaits him at the headquarters of the Federation. It could be completed in January during a meeting scheduled between him and its president Noël Le Graët, in Paris or in Brittany, where the two men share part of their time. Only the fate of the latter, with an FFF targeted by an audit and control mission carried out by the Ministry of Sports, can still possibly change the situation even if it is not about the meaning of this story of lease to renew.
A tireless competitor, Deschamps absolutely wants to compete in Euro 2024, the last competition that resists him as coach. The qualifiers begin in March 2023. France are in Group B with the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece and Gibraltar. With the Blues, he lost the final in 2016 in France against Portugal and was eliminated in the round of 16 in 2021 by Switzerland. He won the 2018 World Cup, the 2021 Nations League and is aiming for an incredible double this Sunday, only achieved in history by Italian coach Vittorio Pozzo during the World Cup in 1934 then that in 1938.