Didier Deschamps victim of a scandal?

The French team will at least have finished the year well. If the Blues did not even win half of their match in 2024 – a first since the arrival of Didier Deschamps on the bench – the success against Italy allowed them to finish on a good note and embellish the balance sheet of the former midfielder. As difficult as it was, the year finally ended with a semi-final of the Euro and first place in the group in the Nations League.

However, more will be needed to silence the harsh criticism to which the double world champion has been subjected for many months. Present on the set of L'Equipe du Soir, Wednesday, the president of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo also regretted the lack of recognition of which his coach is a victim.

“World champion, World Cup finalist, Euro semi-finalist, Euro finalist in 2016, do you know many of the coaches who have this track record? “, he said, adding: “I sometimes find it excessive and strange that what he succeeds, we necessarily want to break. I think there is sometimes a lack of recognition for what has been accomplished.” An opinion shared by Ludovc Obraniak. At least in part.

“Didier Deschamps will deserve a statue”

“Didier Deschamps will deserve a statue for what he did in the French team. He is someone to whom we must also give something back, we must recognize that. He achieved things”he explained, nevertheless finding it normal that a form of weariness – also mentioned by Didier Deschamps – had set in.

“What must be said is that for several months, even for years, the bit of weariness linked to his philosophy of play, his vision of watching football, yes, it exists. There has been a certain form of wear and tear, and when he comes to tell us after Italy that it still works, yes, maybe. But he can also understand that people need something else, a certain breath of fresh air… It's human, and that's how it is. But we don’t blame him personally, it was never personal”he explained.