CHASING GLORY
May 04, 2020
4 minutes
Didier Deschamps will belatedly lead his stars to next summer’s European Championship hoping to replicate his own remarkable feat some 20 years ago. The Frenchman famously lifted the World Cup on home soil in 1998 before adding more silverware to his collection at Euro 2000.
Deschamps has played a significant role in each of Les Bleus’ three international triumphs and the landscape of France – both from a sporting and national perspective – was to change forever after the stunning 3-0 scoreline against Brazil in Paris. The natives went into the tournament with no great belief, with Aimé Jacquet’s troops ranked a lowly 18th in the FIFA world
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