Xi Dan.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Before this year's World Cup, Brazil was widely favored by all parties as the favorite to win the championship, but lost to Croatia in the quarterfinals. Coach Tite also had to step down and resign. According to Spain "Marca" recently reported that the legendary French star Zinedine Zidane (Zinedine Zidane) will be the successor coach, which is in line with the Brazilian Football Association's "foreign coach and experienced" setting.

It was previously rumored that Xidan may take over the French team that lost in the final, but the French Football Federation prefers to continue as Didier Deschamps.

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Xidan and Deschamps were both members of the French champions of the 1998 World Cup. In the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy, Xidan once had a famous headbutt on the chest of Italian defender Marco Materazzi. In the end, France was defeated, and Xidan also retired from his playing career and became a coach.

In 2016, Xi Dan officially became the coach of La Liga giants Real Madrid, and led the team to achieve three consecutive championships in the Champions League. However, he immediately resigned as the coach within a few days after completing the three consecutive championships in 2018, which shocked the football world. Vinicius Junior, Eder Militao, and Carlos Casemiro were all his disciples.

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