2023-06-20 00:26:30
The captain of the Blues takes stock after the last match of a golden season for him.
Kylian Mbappé (striker of the Blues, after the 1-0 victory over Greece, on TF1): “A goal from Platini? It’s huge when you know what he represents for all French people, he’s an absolute legend, one of the best players in the history of our country and in the history of football. To be so close so quickly to a player like that is special… But the most important thing was the victory (1-0), it was not easy. We went to get her, we gave everything, everything we had, and we are very happy.
The season ? Obligatorily I will retain the World Cup. The whole World Cup. It’s a special competition. In addition, to be impactful there, to live the last moments of the tournament, it’s special. And it’s new because it was in the middle of the season, we had no benchmarks, we didn’t know how to prepare for the first part of the season, or how the second was going to be. Normally, after the World Cup, you have to recover, when we had to play again right away… In addition, it was a remarkable World Cup for everyone. She marked the season.
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Tripled in the final, mark the history of football? To tell the truth, I didn’t realize at the time (laughs). I would have traded the three goals for a lousy CSC and a 1-0 win (smile). But with hindsight, we know that this match will be part of history, but it’s hard to say to ourselves that we participated in history without leaving with the cup… History is for those who tell it… What we want is to write it. We wrote part of it, it was an anthology match, we gave everyone pleasure, but it was difficult to miss the Cup without lifting it. People told us that we had already won it (in 2018), but we didn’t care, it was four years ago, in football you forget.
I needed to play again. Off the field it was very difficult. People talk to you about it… You want to forget, but the whole planet talks to you about it… People come to say “thank you”, but I wanted to say “thank you for what? We did not win!” (laughs). Thank you for the emotions? Yes, I know, but it was too difficult… I wanted to play again to move on, to have new things to do. The Golden Ball ? It’s always difficult to talk about an individual trophy because you have to put yourself forward on your own, when it’s something that doesn’t necessarily pass in the eyes of the general public. But it’s an individual trophy. With the new criteria, you have to mark, burn the retina, be impactful. I think I correspond to these criteria, so I would say yes, but it’s the people who vote (the journalists in fact, editor’s note). But I’m still optimistic.
I didn’t think I was going to be captain, it’s not something I wanted at the start.
Kylian Mbappe
Captain? It’s easy to win at first, you have to win all the time. I learn every day, it enriches my experience and my career. Having this responsibility requires me to open up a little more every day. I didn’t think I was going to be captain, it’s not something I wanted at the start. The coach came to talk to me about it. We do not say no to the captain’s armband of the France team, one of the greatest nations in football. I try to do my best so that people are proud of me and that I represent the French as best I can. Natural ? Yes, but it’s because we have an exceptional group. They put me in the best conditions so that I could be the least bad captain possible. The group gets along very well, lives very well, and we moved on after the World Cup, it’s a young group that is hungry and wants to win. It suits me. And I just try to be good with everyone and make sure that the group lives well.
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