Football – French team
Cristiano Ronaldo: Kylian Mbappé can already fear the worst
Published on July 2, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
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Qualified for the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 in Germany, the French team will therefore face Portugal on Friday evening. A duel at the top between Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo, and for the moment, the statistics speak in favor of the Portuguese striker who has often gotten the better of the former PSG star.
L’French team trembled on Monday evening in the face of the Belgiumbut the men of Didier Deschamps finally managed to win in extremis thanks to a goal from Randal Kolo Muaniwho had entered during the game. Later that evening, the Portugal also had a hard time getting rid of Slovenia (0-0), and the success of Cristiano Ronaldo’s teammates was finally confirmed during the penalty shootout. A big clash is therefore looming for next Friday (9 p.m.) between the Blues and the Selection.
Mbappé – CR7, duel of stars
Kylian Mbappecaptain of theFrench team and new flagship recruit of the market summer of the Real Madridwill therefore try to guide the Blues towards a qualification for the last four of the competition. Facing him, his idol: Cristiano Ronaldo. The 39-year-old Portuguese striker, like Mbappehas struggled to shine since the start of this Euro 2024who also missed a penalty on Monday evening against the Slovenia. More CR7 can rest assured, he almost never faltered when he challenged Kylian Mbappé in an official match.
Ronaldo advantage in confrontations
Indeed, the two men have faced each other five times during their career, and the record is so far in favor of Cristiano Ronaldo. During the 2017-2018 season, in the 8th finals of the Champions League, the Portuguese beat the PSG twice with the Real Madrid (3-1, 2-1). Later, in October 2020, Mbappe et CR7 This time, they faced each other with their respective national teams in the Nations League, with a draw at the Stade de France (0-0) and a victory for the Blues on Portuguese soil a month later (1-0). And finally, the last direct confrontation dates back to the last Euro, in 2021, when theFrench team and the Portugal had left each other back to back at the end of a group match (2-2).
Duel results: Two victories for Cristiano Ronaldotwo draws and one win in favor of Kylian Mbappe. The stage is set..
