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in 2012. His track record in this position is impressive. Thanks to him, the players notably won the title of world champions in 2018.
DIDIER DESCHAMPS IN CONFLICT WITH A WORLD CHAMPION
Extremely popular, Didier Deschamps does not only have friends in the world of football. One of his former teammates within the France team has never been kind to him. Christophe Dugarry, also world champion in 1998, does not hide his enmity with the former captain. Outings against him have increased in recent years.
The latest concerns the extension of the functions of Didier Deschamps as coach of the France team. Christophe Dugarry did not mince his words during an interview given to the newspaper L’team. “Deschamps, I hear what he says, but we cannot say that the French team belongs to everyone and keep it for twelve years,” declared the world champion. A great friend of Zinedine Zidane, it is the latter that Christophe Dugarry would have liked to see at the head of the national team. “I don’t hide the fact that I would prefer it to be Zizou, I want to see something else,” he added.
CHRISTOPHE DUGARRY AND DIDIER DESCHAMPS: A DISSENT THAT DOES NOT DATE FROM YESTERDAY
There have been numerous clashes between Didier Deschamps and his ex-teammate in recent years. So much so that the Blues coach once considered filing a complaint against Christophe Dugarry. Indeed, the coach did not appreciate the comments made by the commentator towards him in 2018 at the microphone of RMC Sport. Christophe Dugarry had particularly harsh words following Didier Deschamps' decision not to select Karim Benzema. “Didier Deschamps will have to go very far in the World Cup. Because you will have to make your choice. Because we are taking the French team hostage and it is perhaps to the detriment of the collective interest,” he cried.
The response from the 55-year-old former player was not long in coming. “Dugarry dares to say that I am taking France hostage. This is beyond comprehension. “, he declared to the newspaper Le Parisien. “If we were to meet with Duga, it wouldn’t even be hello, good evening. Everyone has their own way, everyone has their own way. It's clear. », Estimated Didier Deschamps.
For his part, Chrisophe Dugarry seems to be of the same opinion. At the microphone of RMC Sport, he set things straight. “There is a Deschamps-Dugarry problem, because we don’t like each other, that’s all. He doesn’t like me, I don’t like him,” concluded the world champion.
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