Laurent Blanc, who replaced Raymond Domenech, somehow tried to heal the wounds of the Blues after the episode of Knysna. But the elimination in the quarter-finals of the France team, accompanied by new tensions between players and the Samir Nasri case in conflict with the journalists, did not satisfy him and he decided to leave the post of coach.
To replace him, Didier Deschamps presented himself as the ideal profile. Named in stride, the 1998 world champion made his first list on August 9, 2012. And in this one, the former OM coach called Karim Benzema.