Since 2012, the 57-year-old driver leading the French to victories won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championship during his stage. In 2018, he triumphed at the World Championship, and in 2022 he won the silver medal at the World Championship.
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Together with K. Mbappe, he won both of the last medals. However, this will not be repeated in this World Championship. In the semifinal, the “Blues” lost 0:2 to Spain, who advanced to the final.
Now the 27-year-old forward shared a warm message before the match against England.
“You gave us so much,” K. Mbappe wrote on X. “We wanted to give you a better ending, but we couldn’t do it. It is very difficult to express in words what you have given this team over these 14 years. You were one of the most important people contributing to its revival. Not everyone has always been able to properly appreciate your greatness, but time and history will put everything in its place.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent my country on the biggest football stage for so many years. I feel privileged to have stood next to one of the greatest football legends of our country. From everything we have experienced and achieved together, I take only the most beautiful memories.
I wish you the greatest success in the new stage of life. Once again, thank you for everything you have given to these shirts, which mean so much to us.”
According to reports, the leadership of the French national team will be entrusted to another legend – former footballer Zinedine Zidane.
D. Deschamps’ last dance at the helm of the French national team will take place on July 19 at 00:00 Lithuanian time. For third place, the French will face England.
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