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Deschamps joins exclusive winners list as France lift second World Cup trophy

Didier Deschamps has added his name to the list of those to have won the World Cup both as a player and as a coach.

The former Marseille boss came into the Russia World Cup with his position in question, with Zinedine Zidane and Arsene Wenger becoming available at the end of the 2017-18 domestic season.

France progressed into the knockout stages of the tournament as Group C winners, however, before an emphatic 4-3 victory over Lionel Messi's Argentina in the round of 16.

A 2-0 win over Uruguay in the quarter-finals was followed by a 1-0 against Belgium in the final four, before France sealed their second ever World Cup trophy with a 4-2 victory over Croatia in Moscow.