Mbappé, Lizarazu balances on Deschamps

Still appeared in difficulty Saturday in the Merengue jersey, while Real Madrid outclassed Osasuna (4-0) with a hat-trick from Vinicius Jr in particular, Kylian Mbappé will not have the opportunity to make up for it during the international break which opens this Monday. Last Thursday, Didier Deschamps did not deign to summon him in the French teamhammering home his own will as a coach.

Close to the Bayonne technician, Bixente Lizarazu for Téléfoot this Sunday morning deciphered this oh-so-revealing episode. “ I tried to interpret that because Didier's words were quite cryptic. I understood that Kylian wanted to come so for me it is a sanction. A sanction compared to the previous gathering where he said he was injured while playing with Real and then there was this escapade to Sweden… »

A captaincy too heavy to take on

For the former full-back of the 98 world champions, “ Didier didn't like this sequence, and he wanted to show it ». « This does not call everything into question because we are not depriving ourselves of Mbappé in the long termhe specifies. But the message had to be sent. »

And Bixente Lizarazu asks the question of the mental health of the French prodigy. “ Is he in the psychological condition to be captain of the France team? There is a lot of talk about mental health at the moment and I think he is not in optimal shape to be captain. For that, you have to be turned towards others, be sovereign yourself and serene, it is not! The load is too heavy for him today. »