Didier Deschamps rejoins France squad after returning home due to death of mother

Reuters

Published 1 month ago

France coach ⁠Didier Deschamps has rejoined the national squad ‌at the World Cup ‌after briefly returning ‌home following the death ‌of his mother, the ‌country's football federation said on Saturday.

[p][b]"Didier ‌is with us," [/b]the ⁠federation ‌said in a message to the media.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/deschamps-didier/M9jPX2nf/"]Deschamps[/a], who guided [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a] to victory at the World Cup in 2018 ⁠and to the final in 2022, missed the 4-1 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]‌Norway[/a] on Friday which confirmed Les Bleus as the winners of Group I, offering them a less tiring travel schedule ahead.[/p][p]France, who are based ‌in Boston, are due to play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a] ‌in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/france-QkGeVG1n/sweden-OQyqbHWB/?mid=UN3MMEFl"]Round of 32 in New Jersey[/a] on Tuesday.[/p][embed guid="a7c6ed66-19f7-4d3c-bdb4-b4434162301f" url="https://x.com/SEFutbol/status/2070701383787921575" social-type="twitter" /]

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