Deschamps will continue with the French national team until the 2026 World Cup (Getty)
The French Football Federation announced the renewal of the coach’s contract on Saturday Didier Deschampsand remain a coach for the French national team Until 2026, after the end of the championship races World Cup 2022Occupying the runners-up, the ‘Roosters’ team, behind the champion Argentina team led by its star, Lionel Messi.
And the French Football Federation confirmed in an official statement on Saturday that Deschamps will remain national team coach until the 2026 World Cup, having led the team to the last two World Cup finals, where he was crowned champion. at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and finished as runners-up at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
And recently the press had hinted at the possibility of extending Deschamps’ contract, but not until the 2026 World Cup, but rather until the end of Euro 2024 in Germany, but there seems to be great faith on the part of the French federation in the coach.
Furthermore, with this decision, the hypothesis of the arrival of the French coach ends Zinedine Zidaneand his leadership of the team of the “roosters”, especially as some press releases had indicated the possibility that the former Spanish coach of Real Madrid would take charge of the French team after the departure of Deschamps, but it seems that the strong level presented to Qatar’s World Cup has meant that the federation has renewed faith in the latter and kept him at the helm of the technical leadership.
Interestingly, the contract of Deschamps, who began his career with France in 2012, ended after the 2022 Qatar World Cup when the defending champions finished second behind Argentina after a defeat at the penalties.
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