Coach Didier Deschamps took a leave of absence from the French national team on Saturday, describing the 14-year journey he has spent as unique. His tenure has been a successful period in French football history. Under his leadership, France won the World Cup in Moscow in 2018.

In this process, he became the third lucky person to win the World Cup as a player and coach. Under his leadership, France reached the final of the World Cup in 2022, but lost to Argentina in a penalty shootout. France's performance in this World Cup was also high and before the semi-final defeat, they were the best-performing team in the tournament.

But in the last four, they were defeated 2-0 by Spain. France also lost the third-place match against England 6-4. France was four goals behind until half-time. He also responded that the World Cup in North America was a happy one for him, and he also thanked his players and assistants for that.

Deschamps said in an interview with the media, 'On a human level, this journey has been very happy for me. We spent about eight weeks together.' There have been many memorable moments in the team's journey from preparation to now.' He also admitted that from a football perspective, his team's semi-final exit was disappointing.

He claimed that the team did well, but it seemed like it failed in the final stretch. He said, 'There were many positive aspects in our performance during the competition. We were wrong in the game against Spain. Spain's performance against us was high in that game.'

Now, Zinedine Zidane is set to take over the responsibility of the French team after him. The 57-year-old Deschamps also claimed that the future of French football is bright under the leadership of the French legend. He said, 'The French team currently has a lot of very talented players. He will be an even better player in the coming days. There will never be a shortage of talented players for French football and that is why good results will continue to come.’