Didier Deschamps, in his final press conference after losing to England, confessed the reasons for stepping down as France national team manager after so many years.
“I did not make this decision for myself. Because the atmosphere around me had become so unbearable that the French team does not deserve it”, Deschamps confessed.
14 years. A World Cup won in Russia 2018, a final lost in Qatar 2022, a semifinal in 2026. And even with that history, he decided to leave not because of fatigue or results, but because of an atmosphere he could no longer endure.
Kylian Mbappé, the team’s captain and star, had dedicated a farewell letter to him before that final match. Now French media outlets, such as L’Equipe and RMC, are already talking about Zinedine Zidane as the name who could take over.