OREANDA-NEWS  The head coach of the French national team, Didier Deschamps, has set a World Cup record for the number of matches won. This is reported on the page of the International Football Federation (FIFA) in the social network X.

In the match of the 1/16 finals of the World Cup, the French national team beat Sweden 3-0. The victory was Deschamps' 17th as a coach at the world championships. According to this indicator, he beat the former head coach of the German national team Helmut Schoen, who served in his post from 1956 to 1978. It is noted that Deschamps played 22 matches at the World Championships, while Shen played 25.

Deschamps is 57 years old, he has been leading the French national team since 2012. The specialist led the team to victory at the 2018 World Championships and to the silver medals at the 2022 World Championships.

In January 2025, Deschamps announced that he would retire from the national team after the 2026 World Cup. "I never want what is going so well to stop. But you need to be able to say "stop,"" that's how he motivated his decision.