Winning machine Deschamps proves France's best weapon


Football Soccer - Euro 2016 - France Training - Domaine de Montjoye, Clairefontaine - 27/6/16 - France's coach Didier Deschamps and N'Golo Kante at training. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS (Reuters) - France's ultimate weapon at Euro 2016 is probably not the scoring instinct of Antoine Griezmann nor the set-piece artistry of Dimitri Payet but rather the obsession with winning of a diminutive grey-haired man with a twangy voice.

Les Bleus have yet to deliver an entirely convincing performance in the tournament but coach Didier Deschamps has done everything right so far, making shrewd tactical changes and raising that famous voice with perfect timing.

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