(FILES) French midfielder Zinedine Zidane reacts after French team scored a fourth goal during the friendly soccer match France vs Scotland at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis north of Paris on March 27, 2002. 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 Damien MEYER / AFP via Getty Images)