Like him or hate him – Deschamps puts victory ahead of everything else

Nizhny Novgorod, Jul 5 (AFP) Last weekend, Didier Deschamps scored another important feat in a remarkable career

He became the oldest coach of France when he oversaw his 80th match. -3 in a thriller for the quarter-finals of the World Cup against Uruguay tomorrow

Six years have passed since he replaced Laurent Blanc, but how long he could continue to what will happen in Nizhny Novgorod tomorrow, when France and their formidable attack clash with the formidable Uruguayan defense.

The French Football Federation sets its target in the semifinals in Russia, and an eighth outing leaves a sense of unachieved potential in the Deschamps era.

The FFF said that the coach, who will turn 50 this year, will remain in place until 2020, when his contract expires.

Nevertheless, a disappointing outing and his position will seem rather fragile at a time when Zinedine Zida C is a free man who has left Real Madrid

Many French fans will want Zidane watching the performances of their national team in the group stage, especially during the tasteless 0-0 match against Denmark.

Argentina was what the public was demanding, with the explosive Kylian Mbappe eclipsing Lionel Messi as the French tore up a fragile defense

"There have been criticisms, and there will be But the truth comes with what is happening on the ground, "said Deschamps on French television after this match

Diego Godin and his teammate will not let the same kind of space to operate in quarters of to avoid falling to the same ax as it was four years ago, when they lost to Germany.

Since then, France has lost the final of the Euro 2016 in Portugal, even though she dominated her qualifying group for this World Cup, Deschamps in Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud and Nabil Fekir on his team, but had trouble finding the perfect system for adapting to his offensives The best of Paul Pogba [19659002] Observers from outside France are particularly puzzled by the fact that a team with such an embarrassing wealth of attack can not play more often against Argentina

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But as Xavi Hernandez pointed out in a recent interview with the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, Deschamps has a style closer to Diego Simeone than Pep Guardiola.

"He did not change his mind by becoming a coach: Defensive solidity and counterattack," Xavi says.

And if anyone doubted the coach's credentials, then cheat them more.

It is the man from the Basque Country who has won everything as a player, including Captain of France to the glory of the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. as a coach, he led Monaco to the Champions League final in 2004 and ended Marseille's long wait to win a French title. His record as a player and manager is amazing, "says Matthew Spiro, a British football broadcaster for beIN Sports based in Paris.

Spiro says he understands" clamor for more excitement " but points out that "in six years, he has chosen the team of despair and has reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup as well as the final of the Euro. "

Calls for more flair are inevitable when Deschamps has so many brilliant players at his disposal and his lack of charisma when he appears before the media can be frustrating.

However, the end will always justify the means, both that he will continue to win.

"He is a manager, a leader of men. He is a winner, "says Guy Stephan, his faithful assistant for almost a decade. (AFP) ATK
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