{"id":836157,"date":"2025-03-23T11:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/deschamps-and-zidane-not-intimate-friends-but-there-will-always-be-respect\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:13:15","slug":"deschamps-and-zidane-not-intimate-friends-but-there-will-always-be-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/deschamps-and-zidane-not-intimate-friends-but-there-will-always-be-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"Deschamps and Zidane not \u00b4intimate friends\u00b4 but \u00b4there will always be respect\u00b4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Didier Deschamps does not believe he is one of Zinedine Zidane\u2019s \u201cintimate friends\u201d, but insists \u201cthere will always be respect\u201d between the former France team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>The pair played starring roles in the French team that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward a quarter of a century and Deschamps announced in January he will step down as Les Bleus\u2019 head coach following the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old is his country\u2019s longest-serving coach having replaced Laurent Blanc \u2013 another member of that victorious side of 1998 and 2000 \u2013 in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has guided France to World Cup glory in 2018, as well as the 2020-21 Nations League title, while they were beaten finalists at Euro 2016 and the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A frustrating night in Croatia\u2026 but it\u2019s still all to play for!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll need all your support on Sunday for the second leg at the Stade de France!<\/p>\n<p>2-0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CROFRA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CROFRA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FiersdetreBleus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FiersdetreBleus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hEgOKZefNd\">pic.twitter.com\/hEgOKZefNd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 French Team(@FrenchTeam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrenchTeam\/status\/1902838342875570560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zidane \u2013 a winner of three successive Champions League titles during the first of his two spells in charge of Real Madrid \u2013 has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Deschamps.<\/p>\n<p>It had been reported the pair do not see eye to eye, though Deschamps was quick to lay that speculation to rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother great preconceived idea!\u201d he told Le Figaro. \u201cWe spent a lot of years together. There is still a lot of respect between us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, the last time we saw each other, we exchanged and talked well. There is still, on both sides, a form of recognition of each other\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not one of his intimate friends. We both have our own lives, but whatever happens, there will always be respect between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>France are back in action on Sunday for the return fixture of their Nations League quarter-final tie with Croatia, who they trail 2-0 following Thursday\u2019s first leg.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/deschamps-and-zidane-not-intimate-friends-but-there-will-always-be-respect\/383365\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Didier Deschamps does not believe he is one of Zinedine Zidane\u2019s \u201cintimate friends\u201d, but insists \u201cthere will always be respect\u201d between the former France team-mates. The pair played starring roles in the French team that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. Fast-forward a quarter of a century and Deschamps announced in January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45021,2005,40070],"tags":[115937,109730],"class_list":{"0":"post-836157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-deschamps","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-zidane","10":"tag-deschamps","11":"tag-zidane"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}