5 Best football managers in the world right now

#1 Didier Deschamps

France v Croatia - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final

… Deschamps is a World Champion!

Didier Deschamps started his journey as a manager at Monaco, spending 4 seasons at the club. He won the Coupe de la Ligue in 2003 and took Monaco to the finals of the Champions League in the 2003/04 season, but ended the tournament as runners-up. He then took over at Juventus for a year, winning the Serie B. In 2009, he joined Marseille and was quite successful there, winning the Ligue 1 in his first year. He went on to win three Coupe de La Ligue and two Trophee des Champions.

In July 2012, Deschamps resigned from the Marseille job, to take over at France and the fairy tale was about to start. Even though France carved out a hard-earned qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup under his guidance, their participation in the tournament ended with a 1-0 defeat to eventual champions Germany in the quarterfinals. But Deschamps continued to strive and eventually led France to the finals of the 2016 European Championships, where they endured a heartbroken loss to Portugal.

When Deschamps left Karim Benzema out of the 23 man squad of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he received a lot of criticism. But Deschamp had opted for a careful set of players for his master plan. The depth of his plan can be understood when we acknowledge that Benzema’s substitute Giroud ended the tournament without scoring but as a World Champion. Deschamps had utilized his squad efficiently, u his players to their full potential and making them a team of eleven talented players, who worked together and won together.

With his name already among only the three persons in the world to have won the most prestigious tournament in football both as a player and as a coach, the Frenchman is the front-runner to win the FIFA’s Best Coach of the season this month. But Deschamps will have his eyes set on the Euros 2020 and with a talented French team to back him up, few would bet against him.

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