Deschamps bids for captain and coach European double

Football Soccer - Germany v France - EURO 2016 - Semi Final - Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France - 7/7/16 France Head Coach Didier Deschamps celebrates at the end of the game REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Livepic

PARIS (Reuters) - Didier Deschamps has let his hair go grey naturally since the last time he picked up a European title 16 years ago.

The diminutive Deschamps was never a spectacular player -- a la Zinedine Zidane -- and certainly does not belong to the Jose Mourinho school of coaching with sensational sound bites.