Story · Pep Guardiola
Maradona, Platini, Van Basten: Great Players Who Became National Team Coaches
The article discusses the trend of former World Cup and Champions League-winning players transitioning into national team coaching roles, with varying degrees of success. It highlights that Zinédine Zidane's appointment as France coach is expected to be made official this summer, and Pep Guardiola may take over Italy's national team. Didier Deschamps is noted as one of the few to have won the World Cup both as a player and a coach. Other examples include Diego Maradona, Michel Platini, and Marco van Basten, who all took on national team coaching roles with mixed results. The piece reflects on the often complicated second life of these former champions on the bench.
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