Since March 25, 2017 and his first selection during a shock against Luxembourg counting for the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, Kylian Mbappé has experienced everything in the France team. From the top of the world during the 2018 World Cup to the huge disappointment at Euro 2021, then very close to the Grail, again for an anthology final against Argentina in 2022, to end with a chaotic year 2024 marked by a Missed Euro and two absences during the last gatherings. But through all this, he retains a great regret, as revealed today in the daily the Team.
The 2018 Ballon d'Or was for him
Indeed, according to information from the newspaper, the now captain of the Blues believes that he should have won the Ballon d'Or in 2018. At the time, he had splashed the World Cup with his talent, notably scoring in the final against to Croatia. The prestigious trophy finally landed in the hands of Croatian Luka Modric, the latter taking advantage of the scattering of votes between the different French players. A failure that he experienced again in 2023, the Real Madrid player believing that this supreme reward had escaped him at the end of the penalty shootout against Argentina. And as the year 2025 opens, he has ticked that off his agenda. But to finally win this coveted trophy, he knows that he will have to perform again with his selection, because it has been a long time since he has displayed his best level. And this therefore involves the League of Nations. What can make this competition more attractive?
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Kylian Mbappé has a huge regret in the France team.
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