Kylian Mbappé has sparked an international controversy these days. The Brazilian Raphinha took the trouble to respond to him in turn.
One of the great figures of world football, Kylian Mbappé now sees each of his media releases deciphered and analyzed. So when the future Real Madrid player boasts the Euro at the expense of world Cup, inevitably, this causes some commotion. Mainly in South America.
As he prepares for the Copa America with Brazil, Raphinha reacted to the comments of the captain of the Blues at a press conference: “ Mbappé said the Euro was harder than the World Cup? Unfortunately for him and fortunately for us, he lost a World Cup to a South American team. I would like to see European nations compete in the qualifiers on the grounds we play on », says the former Rennais.
Messi also responded
A few days ago, before the preparation match against Luxembourg, Kylian Mbappé judged that “ the Euro was a very complicated competition, more so than the World Cup. » «
There is so much pressure at the World Cup, the stakes take over a lothe added. All the teams know each other at the Euro. We’re used to playing each other all the time, so tactically it’s football that’s similar. It’s difficult from the group stages. »
Before Raphinha, Lionel Messi did not fail to contradict this speech. “ It is obvious that the Euro is very important and that it brings together the best teams. But it does not take into account Argentina, three-time world champion, nor Brazil, five-time world champion, nor Uruguay, double world champion. There are a lot of world champions who are not part of it. The best teams participate in the World Cup. It’s not for nothing that everyone wants to be world champion… »
