Winning at the highest level is very difficult and staying there even more so, asserts Didier Deschamps

Yet with the expectations sky high, especially with many expecting France to win not just the 2020 Euros but also the upcoming 2022 World Cup, it has concerned Didier Deschamps. That has seen the France boss try to temper expectations surrounding his side especially since he doesn’t want his team to become complacent and think they’ve already won the Euros. Deschamps also added that they have ambitious players who won’t become overconfidence but “winning at the highest level” is tough especially doing it consistently.

“Right away there is talk of failure. We are world champions. I am aware, and the players are too, of our strengths We have quality, talent, high-level players, but there will also be all of that in front of us. We cannot settle into our comfort zone. In France many think that we don't even have to get onto the pitch and we have already won,” Deschamps said, reported Goal.

“But we have players with that ambition, we have to prevent them from becoming overconfident. You have to go through things in stages. We can't think of [the final at] Wembley today, we have to go to Munich first and Budapest twice.”