Didier Deschamps: "We don't arrive in Qatar with a bulging chest"

The challenge of a lifetime.

One more in a rich and long career.

Already world champion in 1998 with the captain's armband, then in 2018 in the coach's costume, Didier Deschamps is tackling an almost impossible mission, namely to retain the planetary title acquired four years ago in Russia.

In the history of football, only two selections have succeeded in this challenge since 1930, the date of the first World Cup: Italy (1934-1938) and Brazil (1958-1962).

For sixty years, all countries have seen their hopes shattered against the harsh reality of high level.

The boss of the Blues knows it better than anyone, after the failure of Euro 2021 then the start in the League of Nations three months later, the challenge offered to his people makes an entire country salivate.

Focused on this objective for months with his staff, Didier Deschamps, 54,

Last year, he responded...

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