Didier Deschamps set a World Cup record on Tuesday when he was France coach for a 26th match in the semi-final against Spain.
Deschamps moved one ahead of Helmut Schön, who was at the helm for 25 West Germany matches across four tournaments 1966-1978.
Deschamps captained France to the 1998 title and then became Les Bleus coach in 2012. France reached quarter-finals in 2014, won the title in 2018 and reached the final in 2022.
He will have one more match at the current edition, either the final on Sunday or the match for third place on Saturday.
He was not present for the group match against Norway because he was in France to attend the funeral of his mother but is listed as coach in the official FIFA match statistics. Assistant Guy Stéphan was in charge for that match.
Deschamps has said he will step down after 14 years at the end of the World Cup.
Deschamps is one of three men to win the World Cup as a player and coach, the others being Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer and Mário Zagallo of Brazil. if France win the title, Deschamps will join Vittorio Pozzo, with Italy in 1934 and 1938, to win two World Cup titles as a coach.
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