Zinedine Zidane has been announced as France's new manager‚ with the long-expected announcement having finally been delivered. The 54-year-old has signed a four-year-deal with Les Bleus as he succeeds his former Juventus and France team-mate Didier Deschamps. Deschamps left his role as France manager at the end of the World Cup‚ with his side losing 2-0 to eventual champions Spain in the semi-finals. They finished fourth after a 6-4 defeat by England in the third-place play-off.

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KIERAN GILL: Everything seems so effortless‚ cool‚ and carefree. Yet Olise could so easily have been in Kansas City instead‚ with England ‚ training alongside his Bayern Munich team-mate Harry Kane ‚ preparing to play Norway in Miami this Saturday‚ Thomas Tuchel 's maverick and not Didier Deschamps'.

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French newspaper L'Equipe gave World Cup referee Ilgiz Tantashev just their third 1/10 rating for an official in a decade after failing to clamp down on Paraguay's 'dark arts' in their World Cup last-16 tie. France secured a 1-0 win over Paraguay on Saturday with Kylian Mbappe's penalty enough to send Didier Deschamps team through to a quarter-final against Morocco. Paraguay had earned praise for their defensive resilience against France‚ who had scored three or more goals in their four previous matches at the tournament.

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Didier Deschamps' side will hope to go one better than four years ago‚ when‚ as reigning champions‚ they lost on penalties to Argentina in the final.

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