And 14!
Benefiting from the success of the French team against Morocco (2-1), Wednesday in the semi-finals of the World Cup, Didier Deschamps recorded a 14th victory as coach in this competition.
The Basque technician, in office since the summer of 2012, now displays a ratio that positions him on the podium in the history of the competition.
He equals, thus, the Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari and is only overtaken by the German Helmut Schön (16).
Even if successful, Sunday against Argentina, he will not be able, however, to join the former boss of the Mannschaft also holder of the greatest number of games directed, 25, with the FRG between 1966 and 1978.
Deschamps has won 77% of his World Cup matches on the bench (14/18).
This is the best ratio among coaches with at least 10 games in the history of the competition.
For the record, he only conceded two defeats, one against Germany in the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup (1-0) and the second against Tunisia in the first round of the 2022 edition (1-0).
The record for the number of participations in a world is the property of the Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira with 6 final phases at the head, in turn, of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil of Saudi Arabia, Brazil again and finally from South Africa.
At the end of the contract at the end of the competition, Deschamps has not yet officially announced his decision.
But Noël le Graët, the president of the FFF, has clearly positioned himself on the subject.
In an interview with the L'Equipe channel the day after the victory of the Blues against England (2-1) in the quarter-finals, the Breton leader confirms his desire to see the coach, who has fulfilled the assigned objective. of a qualification for the semi-finals, to remain in post.
“The question of extending is totally up to him.
Finding a coach of this quality is not easy.
It is he who decides, I hope he will say yes, says Le Graët.
But it still deserves, especially on his part, a reflection.
I told him that the decision would be his if we were in the last four so now I'm waiting for him at Guingamp to discuss.
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