(FILES) French national football team head coach Didier Deschamps (R) flanked by assistant coach Guy Stephan, stands on the pitch prior to the friendly football match France vs Uruguay on August 15, 2012 at the Oceane stadium in Le Havre, western France. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) France's team coach Roger Lemerre (L) chats with his captain France's midfielder Didier Deschamps at the end of the Euro-2000 football championships after France won the final against Italy, 2-1, at Feijenoord stadium in Rotterdam, on July 2, 2000. (Photo by PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on July 11, 2018, shows France's head coach Didier Deschamps (L) reacting from the sideline during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group C football match between Denmark and France at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 26, 2018 ; and Didier Deschamps, then French captain and midfielder during the 1998 Soccer World Cup semifinal match between France and Croatia on July 8, 1998. (Photo by Franck FIFE and Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) France's midfielder and captain Didier Deschamps (2L), raises the World Cup won on July 12, under the gaze of the president of the French Football Federation Claude Simonet (L), while France's President Jacques Chirac (2R) speaks to France's coach Aimé Jacquet (R) in front of the guests at the Élysée garden party, following the July 14 parade on the Champs-Élysées on July 14, 1998. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) France's forward Zinedine Zidane (R) is congratulated by captain France's midfielder Didier Deschamps and teammate France's defender Bixente Lizarazu (L) after scoring the first goal for his team at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on July 12, 1998 during the 1998 Soccer World Cup final match between Brazil and France. (Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) France's head coach Didier Deschamps speaks during a press conference at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, on November 12, 2025 on the eve of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D European qualification football match against Ukraine. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) France's midfielder Kylian Mbappe (L) and France's coach Didier Deschamps kiss the 2018 World Cup trophy as they celebrate during a ceremony for the victory of the 2018 World Cup at the end of the UEFA Nations League football match between France and Netherlands at the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, northern of Paris, on September 9, 2018. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) France's head coach Didier Deschamps arrives at a press conference in Marseille, southern France, on March 25, 2024, on the eve of a friendly football match between France and Chile at the Velodrome stadium. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)