PARIS (FRANCE) (ITALPRESS) – “You also have to be able to say enough, there is a life after that.” Didier Deschamps makes it official that at the end of the 2026 World Cup he will leave the leadership of the French national team. In an excerpt from the interview, which in its full version will air on TF1 at 1 p.m. today, the coach who led the blues to the roof of the world in 2018 in Russia, explains, “I’ve been here since 2012, my program will go up to the 2026 World Cup, then it will stop there because at some point you have to stop. I have worked and will work with the same desire and passion, always with the goal of keeping France at the highest level. 2026 seems to me the right time to say enough is enough. No one would want to put an end to a beautiful thing, but in 2026 it will be 14 years as ct, that’s fine and the most important thing for me is that France remains at the top of the world as it has done for so many years.” The adventure of the former Juventus midfielder and coach (as a player world and European champion with the ‘bleus’) as ct began after the 2012 European Championships, when he took over from Laurent Blanc.
The 56-year-old from Bayonne as coach won the 2018 World Cup and four years later defended the title in Qatar, surrendering in the final and only on penalties to Lionel Messi’s Argentina. In 2016, however, he lost the final of the European Championships played at home to Portugal, which won in extra time. Also on the palmares of Deschamps, who will not renew his contract as coach when it expires in 2026, is the Nations League won in 2021 in Italy. According to the French press, his successor at the helm of the ‘bleus’ will be his former team and national teammate, Zinedine Zidane.
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Deschamps will leave France in 2026 “You have to know how to say enough”
