Not one to back down from a challenge in his playing days, Didier Deschamps wasn't going to take a backward step here either.
"There were reasons for the players to be rested. Games are now 100-minutes long. These are my choices, and I stand by them," he said, the World Cup-winning player and coach of France reflecting after watching his defending champions slump to shock defeat to Tunisia in the final game of Group D.
