Didier Deschamps reflected on a positive year for France, who went unbeaten in 14 of 15 matches after downing Sweden 1-0 in Marseille.
The French lost only to eventual World Cup winners Germany, the defeat seeing them crash out of the illustrious tournament in Brazil at the quarter-final stage.
It was the lone blotch on France s 2014, which culminated in a late 1-0 victory over Erik Hamren s Sweden on Tuesday with stand-in skipper Raphael Varane heading home from Antoine Griezmann s corner in the 84th minute.
Varane wore the armband, as goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was rested.
Deschamps said his side grew in confidence after storming through the group stages at the World Cup, and conceded they needed to improve their flexibility.
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