Is there really a divorce between the French public and our national “Kiki”? Given the reaction of the public at the Mauroy stadium when Mbappé came on for Real Madrid against LOSC last Wednesday in the Champions League, the question deserved to have the coach’s opinion. Didier Deschamps did not shirk and produced a great save to protect the star striker who, as a reminder, was excused from the Blues’ next two matches and is therefore not present with the selection in Hungary to face Israel.
“It wasn’t the French team that was playing, did you really believe that the people of Lille were going to applaud Kylian Mbappé?”
« He doesn’t play in Lille, right? What jersey does he come with? It wasn’t the French team that was playing, right? It was Real! Did you think the people of Lille were going to applaud him? », replied Didier Deschamps to Bertrand Latour, from Canal +, who had introduced him to the subject. “ It is an interpretation that has reason to be, or not », continued the coach of the Blues, who, several times during his conference, referred to media interpretations concerning the news of Kylian Mbpappé.
Didier Deschamps: “The certainty is that Kylian Mbappé is attached to the France team”
« Kylian crystallizes a lot of things, even when he’s not there. There are so many things that could have been said or written, and at times very far from reality. You are free to have your own interpretation which may lead to debate or controversy. You don’t have all the elements. The certainty is that Kylian Mbappé is attached to the France team », insisted Deschamps.
Regarding the fact that his attacker remained to rest in Madrid instead of joining the selection, while he still played parts of the match with Real, and in particular against LOSC, the coach reminded that this was his responsibility. has already happened to not call up a player at the request of his club and that he plays the following match after the international break.
A situation “not specific to Kylian (Mbappé) and Real Madrid” according to Deschamps
« The players’ employers are the clubs. The clubs have always had this power, it is not the federations which pay the players except in special cases. Their interests may be common. The fact that the clubs are attentive, I’m not going to say reluctant, in relation to the calendar, it is not specific to Real and Kylian », insisted Didier Deschamps.
