France boss Didier Deschamps won the World Cup as a player and manager and now he is aiming to achieve the same feat in the European Championship.
Didier Deschamps won the World Cup as a player and a manager and is now bidding to do the same in the European Championship
Should he lead France to glory in Germany, he will become only the second person to win a European Championship as both a player and a manager, after German Berti Vogts, and the first to have achieved the 'double double'Didier Deschamps captained Marseille to the 1993 Champions League when he was 24Widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders of his generation, the former Marseille, Juventus and Chelsea player won two French league titles, three Serie A championships, and...
"Knowing him then, you can see how he became a manager and won the World Cup, because he had that drive within him."When Deschamps retired from playing in 2001, moving into management seemed the sensible progression for someone praised throughout his career for his leadership skills.His arrival came two years after a catastrophic World Cup in 2010 for Les Bleus under Raymond Domenech.
Afterwards, some of the players had gone out and were noisy on their return, waking up those sleeping when defender Adil Rami sprayed a fire extinguisher in the hotel corridor.
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