Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers (Read 18883 times)

Didier Deschamps have been long term manager for France and won Euro and FIFA World Cup trophies, I don't see bad achievement for France national teams under Didier Deschamps era and replacing his position by Zidane. I think its rumor have been long term and France football federation right now keep focus with Didier Deschamps until the next edition playing in Europe 2024.
No doubt with Zidane reputation success winning Champion League three teams with Real Madrid and winning La Liga tittle, but he has been three years without return back to be manager and likely he needs more adaption if want to be France manager position.
Depend on France teams achievement in Euro 2024, if qualify to final and success become the winner seems dificult with Didier Deschamps loss his position as France manager.

Yeah, and to be perfectly fair Deschamps is also very well respected in his system, Zidane has not earned it yet, it will be very hard unless he starts out first as adviser or something, or technical assistant. And maybe he feels he's too big to take the role.

You can't step in and build a bond or winning mentality you have to start before you start. I don't think Zidane is a fit at all, I mean I like him so much even as a Barca fan, but I think France needs to look forward, not behind.

You have a point there also.    France players have been used to playing according to Didier Deschamps system for so many years. There must be a really strong bond there. When there is such change it won't be easy for the players to adapt to Zidane. This would take some good amount of time to happen. As you said it is the same for Zidane also to have full knowledge about the players.

I really don't know what Zidane really wants now though. It has been rumoured for a long time that he wants to work with France as a manager but I don't know if this is really his intention now.

Yeah, and to be perfectly fair Deschamps is also very well respected in his system, Zidane has not earned it yet, it will be very hard unless he starts out first as adviser or something, or technical assistant. And maybe he feels he's too big to take the role.

You can't step in and build a bond or winning mentality you have to start before you start. I don't think Zidane is a fit at all, I mean I like him so much even as a Barca fan, but I think France needs to look forward, not behind.

You have a point there also.    France players have been used to playing according to Didier Deschamps system for so many years. There must be a really strong bond there. When there is such change it won't be easy for the players to adapt to Zidane. This would take some good amount of time to happen. As you said it is the same for Zidane also to have full knowledge about the players.

Yeah, and to be perfectly fair Deschamps is also very well respected in his system, Zidane has not earned it yet, it will be very hard unless he starts out first as adviser or something, or technical assistant. And maybe he feels he's too big to take the role.

In this group there are no doubts only about Portugal, they were lucky with such simple opponents for them, in everything else there is no certainty, I would not even be surprised if Georgia is not the last. But I am still more inclined to believe that the Czech Republic will be able to take second place, they are showing a good game, but the one who does not lose to Portugal will have the best chance, and for the Czech Republic it will be a difficult start, they will play the first match with Portugal.

You have a point there also.    France players have been used to playing according to Didier Deschamps system for so many years. There must be a really strong bond there. When there is such change it won't be easy for the players to adapt to Zidane. This would take some good amount of time to happen. As you said it is the same for Zidane also to have full knowledge about the players.

You have a point there also.    France players have been used to playing according to Didier Deschamps system for so many years. There must be a really strong bond there. When there is such change it won't be easy for the players to adapt to Zidane. This would take some good amount of time to happen. As you said it is the same for Zidane also to have full knowledge about the players.

I really don't know what Zidane really wants now though. It has been rumoured for a long time that he wants to work with France as a manager but I don't know if this is really his intention now.

We all have heard a lot of stories about Zidane. And recently we also have heard a lot about him coming back to manage a team. But most of them had been rumors and did not have any base. To say that he will be able to do really good with the France national team is probably not a very bad idea to have. After all, he has been able to manage Real Madrid really well. Of course, there is a big difference between club football and national team football. But I think he has shown enough to prove that he will be a capable coach. But the bigger question in this situation in my opinion is probably, is he actually going to take the job?

It's much much different with a national team, can be a bit of randomness. You don't know the team very well, they don't know you, you don't even know about injuries and if players play different, it's very much your luck. You have a known team, you don't have a known quality.

Zidane knows this. It's different to instil motivation for 11 players who are like family, eat sleep train together. But to have a group who only have nationality in common, no, not the same. Zidane is not so gutsy to take this risk

I think you are very right about Zidane to be the better coach for France because there is one more aspect that differentiates club football from national team football. In club football, coaches have an entire season to try things and tinker around with different options, trying to optimize certain tactics and strategies. In the national teams tactical and strategical aspects can't be tinkered around with that much and I think it is more about the authenticity and the aura of a coach than it is about the tactical genius of a coach. There is a limit to what a national coach can change within a short period of time. It's a lot about confidence and trust and Zidane is a coach who knows how to get his players on board and make them believe in themselves. That's why I think he would be the better choice instead of Deschamps. And 100% true that Deschamps doesn't let players play that he doesn't like.

In this group there are no doubts only about Portugal, they were lucky with such simple opponents for them, in everything else there is no certainty, I would not even be surprised if Georgia is not the last. But I am still more inclined to believe that the Czech Republic will be able to take second place, they are showing a good game, but the one who does not lose to Portugal will have the best chance, and for the Czech Republic it will be a difficult start, they will play the first match with Portugal.

I would say don't underestimate Turkey.    Turkey are already favoured more than Czechia to qualify from Group F according to the odds. Turkey had a better qualification phase than them as well. We finished our group as the leader and ahead of a team like Croatia at the same time. This is a really good success.


Source: https://www.oddschecker.com/football/euro-2024/group-f/winner

This happened thanks to the new manager Vincenzo Montella's strategies. Friendly performances can be very misleading so I'm not taking them into account. Besides we didn't even have our main squad in that match against Austria. I think we are strong enough to beat Czechia and Georgia both to finish in 2nd place at worst. 

I think Turkey won't be a big problem for Portugal either, but I'm not sure about the Czech Republic, I mean I expect the Czech Republic to play better and they should beat Turkey. As for Portugal, yes, this is a very easy group for them, if they can beat the Czech Republic, then I admit that they can win all the games in their group. Georgia will be an outsider, this is clear from the very beginning.

I do not think that he will. Dude made it pretty clear that he doesn't want to manage, and while managing a national team would mean a lot lesser games compared to a club team, it would still not make sense. If he wants to manage then he can manage almost half of the world easily, and probably get the job in the other half of the world as well if he pushes for it, so going for France doesn't make sense. Don't get me wrong, he would be perfect for the job and there is nothing wrong with that, I am just saying that we are going to look at something that will change things on the long run.

I believe that the best thing we could do right now is let dude have his retirement and enjoy it, he doesn't want to do anything at all.

If Zidane receives an offer from the French national team, I think he will accept it. He is a legend of France and his coaching experience was immense. We haven't seen him at the head of a team for a long time. Why shouldn't we see him in charge of the French national team? I think he will accept it and play in the matches as the head of the team. They are also one of the favorites for Euro 2024. He can do wonders with the last World Cup finalists, France.

We all have heard a lot of stories about Zidane. And recently we also have heard a lot about him coming back to manage a team. But most of them had been rumors and did not have any base. To say that he will be able to do really good with the France national team is probably not a very bad idea to have. After all, he has been able to manage Real Madrid really well. Of course, there is a big difference between club football and national team football. But I think he has shown enough to prove that he will be a capable coach. But the bigger question in this situation in my opinion is probably, is he actually going to take the job?

We all have heard a lot of stories about Zidane. And recently we also have heard a lot about him coming back to manage a team. But most of them had been rumors and did not have any base. To say that he will be able to do really good with the France national team is probably not a very bad idea to have. After all, he has been able to manage Real Madrid really well. Of course, there is a big difference between club football and national team football. But I think he has shown enough to prove that he will be a capable coach. But the bigger question in this situation in my opinion is probably, is he actually going to take the job?

Coaching clubs and national team certainly has its own challenges for a coach including Zidane, yes so far Zidane does have the ability to coach clubs quite well and as a player who has played for country and club, of course Zidane knows what a footballer really wants both when later coaching club or national teams, currently recognized or not,  Zidane's coaching ability has not been fully tested in my opinion, because his achievements coaching only in Madrid and at that time Madrid contained many star players so that made Zidane's job too easy.

Zidane lack of experience in coaching clubs may make France dare not risk the future in the hands of Zidane who is currently experienced just coaching 1 club, so France is more inclined to continue to give confidence to Didier Deschamps so far and even Zidane's opportunity to coach the national team has been tightly closed because Deschamps' contract expires until the 2026 World Cup is over.
I think what you are saying is true, because coaching a club is of course easier than coaching national team to win the euro or even the world cup, especially if we know that the national teams coaches only have a little time to prepare their team and of course they have to monitor players from one game to another in order to get players who suit the needs of the team and that of course Is not done by the club coach in my opinion.

The truth is that I would like Zidane to be able to take France to the World Cup and for them to be able to make a difference. I know that directing a country's national team is not the same as directing a club, but Zidane is a coach who is very good, he analyzes everything and knows what position to put each player in, so when we see that he can be the best, I would say yes, Deschamps is good, but I think that Deschamps does not play players that he does not like, in this aspect he is very similar to Luis Enrique with Spain and who is currently at PSG, because what he likes Deschamps did to Benzema in Qatar was something very evident.

Now things can be very different if you Start to see that things are managed by Zidane since for me he has much better experience, a team like France is a team with many stars, but I am sure that Zidane has better strategies and schemes to develop.