Impeccable planning combined with immaculate execution from his players resulted in the best possible result. Split in three separate courses of action, it was to isolate the key areas of Brazil and take advantage of their weaknesses. Aime Jacquet has explained why the months preceding a FIFA World Cup™ are tortuous for a coach and why he's “very confident” in France's chances at Russia 2018. For the players, they began an era of long-term success, adding a European Championships title two years later and another appearance in the final in 2006. Jacquet identified Dunga, the team’s captain and prime playmaker as the most dangerous force in midfield and he deployed his two forward players to maintain consistent pressure on Dunga to reduce his effect on the game.Although Dunga wasn’t closely marked, he was kept quiet and was largely forced to play pointless horizontal passes or harmless diagonal long-passes as France closed down their opposition’s main source of inspiration. But the incident at Selhurst Park in 1995, where he kicked a fan an earned himself a ban from his club and the English FA for eight months, saw him stripped off the captaincy and out of contention in Jacquet’s long-term plans for his side.Another key decision happened to involve more troublemaking, older players. Les Bleus have made it to the World Cup final. Jacquet came into the tournament with the pressure of a nation on his shoulders and the eight days that followed didn’t make him any more friends. You’ll also get exclusive access to FIFA games, contests and prizes.“Honestly, I’m calm and very confident because, given the football we’ve shown for some time, I think,“With the quality of this group of players, if they manage to produce their best football at the right time – all at the same time – I can tell you that France will be one of the best teams at the 2018 World Cup.”.Jacquet is also confident Deschamps is the right man to lead France’s challenge.“A job has been done for a few years, and the current coach was the captain of France ’98, so he knows what he’s doing and he knows where he’s going,” said the man who helped Saint-Etienne win five Ligue 1 titles during his days as a defensive midfielder.“The few months before a World Cup are awful for a coach, because we are afraid of losing players. Senior writer at These Football Times.Ronnie Dog Media Comm. The Eastern Europeans were making their debut as an independent nation in the World Cup finals and impressively made it far into the last four. He was manager of the France national football team that won the … He started his stride, overpowered a defender and found himself unmarked once again, before sending the ball into the bottom left corner of the Brazilian net. Wählbar sind heutzutage alle Trainer französischer Staatsbürgerschaft, einerlei, wo sie beschäftigt sind. For Aimé Jacquet, he defied the cynics and proved that the decision to not let go of him after.Football writer mainly covering the Premier League. Aimé Jaquet hatte nach dem WM-Erfolg 1998 nicht weitergemacht.Er stehe für Kontinuität und habe einen Vertrag, den es zu erfüllen gelte. "Es ist vorgesehen, dass ich bleibe, also bleibe ich", betonte Deschamps. He then ended his playing career with bitter rivals Lyon with a two-year spell and then went straight into management at the same club.Four years following that, he finally left the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and went far west to take up the reigns at Bordeaux, where he enjoyed another trophy-laden spell. He was manager of the France national football team that won the … They were, however, aided by two factors. Thuram’s resilience to win the ball after losing out initially was key and his action high up in the opposition half was influential in this success.