(FILES) French players Bixente Lizarazu (L) and Marcel Desailly (R) smile as Zinedine Zidane holds the FIFA Trophy at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on July 12, 1998, after the 1998 World Cup final between France and Brazil. France won the title for the first time beating Brazil 3-0. Zidane has been appointed as the new head coach of France national football team at the French Football Federation headquarters (FFF) in Paris on July 28, 2026. The former France playmaker, who won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship as a player, has long been viewed as the leading candidate for the role and has been waiting for an opportunity to take charge of the national team for several years. (Photo by DANIEL GARCIA / AFP via Getty Images)