Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Monday July 1, 2024 at 3:09 p.m.
Despite a contract that runs until 2026, Didier Deschamps could be under threat if he is eliminated in the last 16 of the Euro.
The fifth eighth-final of the German Euro, scheduled for Monday (6 p.m.) in Düsseldorf between France and Belgium, will pit two teams against each other that did not exactly convince during the group stage. Between the Blues who won their first match against Austria (1-0) and then conceded two pitiful draws, against the Netherlands (0-0) and Poland (1-1), and the Red Devils who are even less spirited, who were beaten from the start by Slovakia (0-1) before dominating Romania (2-0) and finishing under whistles against Ukraine (0-0), we do not really expect a spectacular match. Even if football always has surprises in store… But an elimination could be fatal for Didier Deschamps, who is nevertheless under contract until 2026, since his surprise extension, due to its (long) duration, when Noël Le Graët was still at the head of the FFF?
Results that make you forget about style
The question could arise in the event of a defeat against the Belgians. “DD” is currently protected by the results. Since taking office after Euro 2012, he reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2014, won the following edition then lost in the final, on penalties, in 2022. At the European Championship, after a final lost at home in 2016, he has already experienced an elimination in the round of 16, in 2021, the year in which he won the Nations League. A more than honorable record, which makes us forget his style of play which is not very attractive, even forbidding, but which allows us to win, or at least go far. But if the results are no longer there, the detractors of the 1998 world champion will obviously have a field day. He assures him that he does not worry about his personal situation, and assures that he has only one thing in mind: to overcome Belgium. “We’re going to make sure that only one person has a smile at the end, and that’s us,” he said at a press conference.
