The boss of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët, announced Sunday on TF1 that he would meet Didier Deschamps in the coming week to find out if the coach of the Blues still shares "the same objectives" as the FFF.
"We must make a lucid analysis of what did not stick," pleaded Noël Le Graët.
The president of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët, will meet Didier Deschamps the week ahead at Guingamp to see if this "loyal" coach with "enormous qualities" still shares "the same objectives" as the FFF, said the leader Sunday on TF1.
The 52-year-old technician, under contract until the World Cup-2022, will make the trip to the Breton stronghold of Le Graët to take stock of the Euro, completed in the round of 16 on penalties against Switzerland (3 -3 ap, 5-4 tab).
"This is the first failure"
"We must not throw away everything that has been done, on the contrary, we have young players with a lot of qualities, we have a coach who has enormous qualities. We must make a lucid analysis of what has not stuck, we will do it together this week, "said Le Graët in the Téléfoot show. Relaunched on a specific date, the boss of the FFF remained elusive. "It will be in the week at Guingamp, it's quieter here. We will surely spend a day discussing," he added, refusing to say if the coach retained his confidence. "First, he's a friend, he's someone who has never disappointed since I took him on. He is loyal, organized, it's the first failure."
On the French bench since 2012, Deschamps had until then experienced a constant rise with a quarter-final at the 2014 World Cup, a final at Euro-2016 and then the coronation at the 2018 World Cup.
The former coach of Monaco, Juve and Marseille is under contract until the World Cup in Qatar, scheduled for November and December 2022. Regarding the rest, "we must always agree to continue, to have the same objectives, the federation first and the coach then, "continued Le Graët.
"We have ten minutes where we completely miss it"
The former mayor and president of the Guingamp club once again said he was "disappointed" by the elimination on June 28 against the "Nati", while the French world champions led by two goals ten minutes from the end of the regular time. "On this last match we have ten minutes where we completely miss it. It does not deserve to question everything", he tempered, recalling that France had finished "first of the most complicated group" and evolved under "significant" heat in Budapest.