Didier Deschamps
Didier Deschamps
Didier Claude Deschampsis a retired French footballer and current manager of the France national football team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England, and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout...
created deserved final harder missed opportunity tried victory
It's a big disappointment because we missed an opportunity to play the final but Sedan's victory is a deserved one. They tried harder than we did and created more chances.
concerned contract monaco national renewed until
I have just renewed my contract with Monaco until 2007. I'm not concerned with the national team.
beat believe champions date dream fate final frenchman league milan pick
I believe in fate and the final is on May 26 - the same date Marseille beat Milan 11 years ago. It is my dream to become the first Frenchman to pick up the Champions League trophy.
atmosphere crowd great love paris
The atmosphere is not that great there. We would love to have in Paris a crowd like they have in Marseille.
defending good happy match outcome played playing stopped
We must be happy with the outcome because Rennes played a pretty good match tonight. They stopped us playing our way by defending well.
deserved difficult played second solid throughout upset
We deserved a better result. We should have scored a second goal. We played pretty well throughout the second half. But Bordeaux are a solid side. It's difficult to upset their formation.