Deschamps dishes out advice to his World Cup winners

Talking to the 'Guardian', the French manager wanted to advise his World Cup winning players, something that the winnwe of the 1998 tournament knows about after the decline of the French team at their next touurnament on the world stage.

“We arrived at the 2002 World Cup with two titles, very calm, well organised, maybe missing a bit of concentration. But the only truth is on the pitch. The dangers are there.

"The biggest victories can lead to the greatest foolishness. If you think: ‘We are here, we are winners‚’ no. France went as big favourites, had the best goalscorers from major leagues in the squad – France, England and Italy – and didn’t score a single goal! Football is not an exact science. It just shows how incredibly difficult it is to maintain the highest level.”

To try and avoid his team repeating the same errors as the previous generation of World Cup winners, Deschamps insists on being “There is such a euphoric atmosphere and everyone is on such a high you don’t automatically pay as much attention as you should to maintaining that standard.

"You always have to remember – how and why did we manage to win this title? You mustn’t lose that. If you go in thinking you have proved yourself so don’t have to try so hard, that’s not going to work. It is in the moments of great victory that you make the most stupid mistakes."