Didier Deschamps has been a revelation as France manager, guiding them to world glory but the European Championship has evaded him so far.
Euro 2024 is likely to be the former midfielder's last chance to rectify that situation, and he will hope Les Bleus are up to it.
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Deschamps is one of the best international managers around and has a consistent record of getting France to the latter stage of tournaments.
Yes, he's had brilliant players to pick from, but they still need to be moulded into an effective squad, and the ex-Marseille manager has done that time and time again.
Didier Deschamps: Record
Deschamps became the France first-team manager in July 2012 after managing Monaco, Juventus and Marseille.
As a club boss, he won Ligue 1 and four French League Cups, three with Marseille and one with Monaco.
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So he arrived at Les Bleus with plenty of pedigree, and as a player, he was France's captain for many years.
France had struggled for a long time before Deschamps arrived, and the Frenchman immediately tried to change things.
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His initial aim was to ensure France qualified for the 2014 World Cup, which they duly did.
In Brazil, the 1998 world champions made it to the quarter-finals, where they were narrowly beaten by the eventual winners Germany, but it was no disgrace to lose.
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Les Bleus got their revenge two years later when they beat Germany 2-0 on home soil at Euro 2016 in the semi-finals.
However, they were denied success by Portugal, who won 1-0 in the final thanks to Eder's goal in extra time to crush France's dreams.
It would have been very easy for the France Football Federation [FFF] to decide Deschamps had failed and get rid.
Instead, they kept faith and were more than rewarded at the World Cup in Russia 2018.
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Led by the ridiculously talented teenager Kylian Mbappe, France became champions of the world for the second time.
Along the way, they beat Argentina and Belgium before in the final, Paul Pogba inspired Les Bleus to a 4-2 win over Croatia.
It was a result that cemented Deschamps' place in France as a legend.
Since then, France have won the Nations League and reached another World Cup final.
Last time, though, it wasn't to be as Lionel Messi's Argentina beat Deschamps' men on penalties after a crazy final that ended 3-3.
However, their only other display in the Euros left a lot to be desired as Switzerland knocked them out in the round of 16 in the last edition.
So if Deschamps were to win the Euros this summer, he would have won everything there is for France.
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Didier Deschamps France record
Matches - 151
Wins - 98
Draws - 27
Losses - 26
Best World Cup display - winners 2018
Best European Championship display - runners-up 2016
Best Nations League display - winners 2021
Didier Deschamps: Future
Deschamps has been France's manager for nearly 12 years now, and because of his long run of success, he's earned the right to decide his future.
After the World Cup in 2022, it appeared as if the Frenchman might decide he'd done all he could.
But in January 2023, he signed a new deal keeping him as Les Bleus boss until after the 2026 World Cup.
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There was talk of Zinedine Zidane coming in for Deschamps, but reaching another World Cup final with a depleted squad ensured the FFF entrusted Deschamps with another few years.
After that, who knows what will happen, but what we do know is that Deschamps has at least two more major international tournaments as France's manager, starting with Euro 2024, where his side are one of the clear favourites.