In June 2021, in an interview with the Parisian today in France, Didier Deschamps, competitor at the soul backed by backed by one of the most beautiful records of French football, spanned his relationship to victory. “The important thing is to participate to win. It’s Sunday morning that we participate! We are in high level sport, he insisted. When you are engaged in an event, a tournament, you have to make sure to go to the end. The pleasure is only total for me if it is accompanied by victory. We remember the name of the winner, less than those of the finalists. It is engraved. Indelible. »»
In terms of qualification acquired this Sunday against Croatia, in the quarter-final of the League of Nations (2-0, 5 TAB to 4), his words take another statistical resonance.
This success is, in fact, the technician’s 106th since his inauguration in the summer of 2012. By the way, he became the second coach with the most victories at the head of the same selection. He joined Oscar Tabarez credited with an identical total with Uruguay (between 1988 and 1990 then from 2006 to 2021 or 224 games). He could seize this 2nd place alone for the benefit of success in the next Final Four from June 4 to 8.
Joachim Löw in mind with 124 victories
At the top of the ranking sits German Joachim Löw with 124 success in 198 meetings. Deschamps, whose mandate will end at the end of the 2026 World Cup, will find it difficult to overcome the former boss of the Mannschaft, but he could get closer if he has a maximum of victories by then. Depending on the performance of the Blues at the World Cup and the number of preparation matches for this event, it is supposed to sit between 15 and 20 times on the tricolor bench.
Compared to Löw, he can, however, claim a better ratio with 63.5 % of his matches won against 63.1 % for German.
Since 2012, Deschamps, the only man with the German Franz Beckenbauer and the Brazilian Mario Zagallo to have won the World Cup as a player and then coach, led the Blues 166 times for a 106 victories, 34 draws and 26 defeats. He was absent for personal reasons at France-Danemark in June 2022.