Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps has said he will meet with the French Football Federation before deciding on whether or not to continue managing the national team after ...

[The France team had been hit by a sickness bug in the build-up](https://theathletic.com/4010006/2022/12/17/france-sickness-world-cup-final/) to the game but Deschamps insisted his players were “100 per cent” for the game. We almost did with that great comeback, it just wasn’t enough.” “That is not an excuse, we just didn’t show the same energy we had in previous games. “Basically, we just weren’t in great shape tonight and physically speaking, we lacked that little extra. But we’ve only had four days since the last match, so there is some tiredness, perhaps. “I had no concerns about those who started the match tonight.

Gonzalo Montiel then sent Hugo Lloris the wrong way to seal a 4-2 win on penalties for Argentina, who lifted the World Cup for the first time since 1986. For ...

"They were tactical choices," Deschamps then confirmed when asked about the first half substitutions of Ousmane Dembele and Olivier Giroud. “We only had four days since the last match so there was some tiredness, perhaps. But I had no concerns about the players who started the match: they were 100% fit.

We utterly failed to show up in the 1st half, says the French coach.

I didn’t get the impression that we were.” Maybe, I don’t know,” said Deschamps, who had hoped to become the first coach to win two World Cups since Italy’s Vittorio Pozzo in the 1930s. “We utterly failed to show up in the 1st half.

Didier Deschamps has not made any decision about his immediate future as the national coach after France lost in the World Cup final against Argentina.

Deschamps was chasing a second consecutive World Cup title with the French side. The ploy worked like a charm as the Argentine midfield sifted such balls to Di Maria with regular precision. France lost to Argentina 2-4 on penalties after the game ended level after extra time.