Kylian Mbappé appeared this Sunday in front of the press and addressed several topics on the eve of the round of 16 of Euro 2024 for the France team against Belgium in Düsseldorf.
Belgium
“Belgium lost against Slovakia, but it was a first group match. We didn’t beat the Netherlands or Poland, they can also say that there are things to scratch. It’s a team that has lost important players, but a new generation has arrived. There are still great players, it’s a very good team. We can’t wait to play against them.”
Lack of efficiency
“From my experience, it’s important that it doesn’t stay in the guys’ heads. The most important thing is to create chances, of course you have to take them. Nobody went to the goalkeeper thinking they were going to miss. It’s clear that it was problematic in the group stage, we can’t hide that. But it’s another competition that’s starting. In the group, I don’t feel any doubt.”
His broken nose
“When I went into the locker room, when I saw everything going on around me, when I saw myself in the mirror, I told myself that I was going to go home. But I’m here, there were lots of appointments, I spent almost two days without sleeping. It was difficult to stay on the bench against the Netherlands. Thank God, I was able to play against Poland.”
His mask
“Playing with a mask is an absolute horror. I changed my mask because every time something went wrong. It limits vision, the sweat gets stuck, you have to take it off so it flows. (…) I have no choice, but as soon as I can, I will take it off. My competition will be like that, but in no case will it be an excuse.”
Parliamentary elections
“We’ll see what happens. There’s also the 7th (July), I hope it goes well for us. (…) A lot of things delayed (the publication of a press release), like my fracture. The results of the matches didn’t help. But we’re going to have to do something, we’re going to get together with the guys to see. We said we were going to do something, but other things got in the way.”
