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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23660166" data-attributes="member: 158020">Deschamps edges Zidane and Dalic to  win Best Men's Coach award  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/24/20/4522250-6203061-image-a-19_1537816199777.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Didier Deschamps has won the FIFA Best Men's Coach award after leading France  to World Cup glory.   Deschamps was included on a three-man shortlist and saw off competition from  former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane and the coach of beaten World Cup  finalists Croatia, Zlatko Dalic.   France entered the tournament as one of the favorites, although Deschamps was  criticised in the build-up to Russia 2018 for his perceived negative tactics  after a sluggish group stage performance.   Les Bleus proceeded to win a 4-3 thriller against Lionel Messi and Argentina  before toppling an Edinson Cavani-less Uruguay in the quarter-finals.After  edging Belgium out through a Samuel Umtiti goal to book a spot in the tournament  finale, France saw off Croatia to become champions.Their victory came on the  heels of Euro 2016 disappointment as the hosts fell to Portugal in the  final despite Cristiano Ronaldo's injury.This summer's trophy was Deschamps'  second World Cup after previously winning the trophy in 1998.   He inherits the award from 2017 winner Zidane, his former French teammate,  who left Real Madrid after guiding them to a third consecutive Champions League  title in May.   Zidane had finished second the prior year, as Claudio Ranieri won the award  for Leicester City's shocking Premier League title run.Dalic, meanwhile, was  included on the shortlist after leading Croatia past Denmark and Russia on  penalties and England in regular time before falling to Deschamps' France in the  final.   The honor is Deschamps' second ever individual coaching award as the  Frenchman was previously recognised as Ligue 1 Coach of the Year in 2004  whilst in charge of Monaco.</blockquote>

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