Zidane reiterates his desire to coach France

Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid coach, reiterated his desire to coach the French national team "someday", stressing his current focus with the royal team, which witnessed the beginning of a difficult season.

"I said it ten years ago, when I started training. It will certainly be among the possible things one day. But today I am here and it is my duty to think only about what I am doing," the French-Algerian-born said before Real Madrid's match with Valencia.

The 48-year-old former world champion insisted, "I take advantage of what I do here. We'll see in the future, nobody knows. But all of my focus is here at Real Madrid."

"I have been here for nearly 20 years. The club gave me the opportunity to train this great team, and every day I took advantage of this opportunity," added the coach who led Real to the league title last season.

And the president of the French Federation since 2011, Noelle Lugret, said in a televised interview on Friday as part of his campaign before the elections scheduled for next March that he had "excellent relations with Zidane. At least personally. If Didier (Deschamps, the current coach) stopped, and you are still ... In my site, the first person I see is Zidane. "

Real Madrid are currently ranked second in La Liga, 5 points behind leaders Atlético de Madrid, but have played two more games.

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