2023-11-19 04:02:43
17:43
This is the end of the press conference!
Time for the match, tomorrow evening in Nice against Gibraltar! Kick-off scheduled for 8:45 p.m.
17:41
On the return of Khéphren Thuram to the French team
“He came a little while ago, it was a little more complicated for him afterwards, especially with his injury. I continue to follow him. Like any player, he can have a period where he is a little less good. The demands are higher but it’s the same player when he came. In a career like that, there are stages to take.”
17:39
On the level of attack in Ligue 1 and on the criticisms of Jean-Pierre Papin
“When you have matches every three to four days, you don’t have a lot of training sessions. This is valid for any position. I’m not going to say that they work less or more, but they have a more or less important window to do so. If they are also tired at the end of the session, there is no point in taking risks. Today’s schedules are very busy. »
17:36
The summons of WZE, “not a fashion effect” for Deschamps
“Becoming international is a step. There are tomorrows, not that it is the player himself who can change but it is the view of others, of opponents, of partners, of the club, of the media. Obviously there are higher requirements. There is management on the player, the entourage perhaps too. Warren, he has very, very significant media exposure. This requires confirmation anyway. If I called him, it’s not to make a fashion statement, because I think he has the potential.”
17:35
Deschamps on Camavinga’s package
“He was scheduled to play so I will have to replace him, someone else will play. But no, I have no plans to change systems. He has the possibility of playing in different positions in the middle, or even at full back. It’s a shame for him but I didn’t need confirmation for Eduardo, even if the last training session could have gone better. But that doesn’t call into question everything he’s capable of doing and everything he’s done with us.”
17:32
On his team for Euro 2024
“I really don’t ask myself the question,” assures Deschamps. I didn’t take a photo because I know too well that today’s photo may not look like the one in May… If everyone is available, you know that some will be there.
17:27
Warren Zaire-Emery “will be international tomorrow”
The coach announces it, Warren Zaire-Emery will at least make his first minutes in the jersey of the France team. “There is a media environment where obviously we talk a lot about him. With the national team it takes on even more importance. It’s natural. He is one of the 23 so he has the possibility of being able to start tomorrow too. And if he doesn’t start, he will be international tomorrow anyway. »
17:24
On his relationship with Mbappé
“She is very good between the two of us, she is above all very good for the collective. Being captain is something that doesn’t weigh on him and it happened naturally. I think he enjoys it too. He has this ability to achieve unanimity and he has this legitimacy. »
17:22
Place for Didier Deschamps
The captain gave way to the coach in front of the press.
17:18
15 minutes and then gone!
This is the end of Kylian Mbappé’s press conference after this final question about Marcus Thuram.
17:16
On the repositioning of Marcus Thuram in the axis
“I’ve been telling him for years that he’s going to end up there, he doesn’t listen to me! (laughs). I’m happy for him. We exchange a lot, almost every day. His start to the season at Inter proves that he made the right choice. I’m very happy for him.”
17:15
On the performance of his new French teammates from PSG
“They have just arrived at a new club, that’s normal. Ousmane is on his way back up. These last matches are satisfying. Randal is adjusting. I try to talk with them, even though I wasn’t there when they arrived. Once they are fully integrated humanly (…), everything will move forward.”
17:12
On Luis Enrique’s “spade” after his hat-trick in Reims
“We have to ask him why this timing,” replied Mbappé. I took it very well, he’s a great coach, he has a lot to teach me. From day one I told him he would have no problem with me. (…) I am a demanding player with myself, so if I find this requirement again that suits me. »
17:11
Zaire-Emery “fascinating” for Mbappé
“He is already very mature. He plays with a lot of personality, he is not afraid to take the ball and gain meters for his team. He responds. The objective for us is to support him. I don’t really have any advice to give him. When you manage to be a starter at 17 years old at PSG… With the coaches he has, he has everything to progress. I’m not old but it gets a little old to see it! He’s doing his homework, it’s nonsense! (laughs). He is fascinating.
17:11
On his third place at the Ballon d’or
“The ranking is what it is. Messi deserves it, he wins the World Cup so he deserves it, he is one of the best players in the world. On the night of the World Cup, I knew who had won the Golden Ball.”
17:09
No answer on his future with PSG
“This is not the news from the France team. If you have this question, you have to come to the PSG Campus and I will answer it. The country above all,” insists Kylina Mbappé.
17:08
“Not safe from a bad surprise” at the Games
“If it’s yes, it’s yes. If it’s no, it’s no, he continued about the Olympic Games. I think things will get back to normal but we are not safe from a bad surprise, you know well.”
17:06
“A pleasure to play”, the Games
Asked about his desire to participate in Paris 2024, Kylian Mbappé assured that he still wanted to participate in the Games. “It’s my employer who decides. It will be a pleasure to play them, but if my employer does not want I will support his decision.
17:05
“A desire to share leadership”
“It’s really a desire to share leadership,” he insisted on his absence for several months at a press conference. I never had the will to hide. I have never been someone who hides from anything.
I’m not afraid to come here. The French team is not my team, it does not belong to anyone, we are all at the service of the team and it has several leaders of which I am a part.”
17:04
“Adapt to all patterns” of play
“Here, the coach gives me total freedom on the left lane. With Luis Enrique, there are a lot more instructions and that’s good too. I think I have this particularity of adapting to all these patterns.”
17:02
“The coach told me to come back and I do what he tells me”
“The last time I came was in June. I announced that I was not going to come to all the press conferences, Kylian Mbappé began. I did the first three conferences, Antoine did the next three. Other leaders came like Mike Maignan and Aurélien Tchouaméni. There, the coach told me to come back and I do what he tells me.”
17:00
The press conference is about to begin!
Kylian Mbappé took his place in front of the journalists present in Nice, on the eve of the match against Gibraltar.
16:56
He warned in March
A few days after being named captain, Kylian Mbappé warned that he would not be present at every press conference like Hugo Lloris, his predecessor, did. “I’m not going to monopolize all the media space,” he explained. I don’t think I’m going to come here, to a press conference, to every match because I know the importance and the resonance it will have and I think everyone should be able to express themselves. »
16:49
Very rare public interventions for Mbappé
In recent weeks, Kylian Mbappé has been very discreet: only a few words at half-time of the match in Rennes (1-3) on October 8 then in the corridors of San Siro after the defeat against Milan (1-2) . In between, he gave us an interview to talk about his role with young people. Only ten minutes left before seeing him speak again and talk about football!
16:38
Premiere for Warren Zaire-Emery on Thursday
Yesterday, another Paris Saint-Germain player, Warren Zaire-Emery, spoke to the media. A successful first oral exam and a “good exercise for the baccalaureate” for the 17-year-old midfielder. Find our article on this subject here.
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16:24
Mbappé expected at 5 p.m.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker is expected at a press conference at 5 p.m., alongside coach Didier Deschamps.
Didier Deschamps named Kylian Mbappé captain of the BLeus last March. Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile/Icon Sport
16:12
A first since June 15
Kylian Mbappé had only spoken twice as captain of the Blues, since his appointment last March: the day before France – Netherlands on March 23, then on June 15 in Faro, before the match against Gibraltar.
16:12
Home straight for the Blues
The France team faces Gibraltar this Saturday in Nice, as part of the Euro 2024 qualifiers. The Blues still need two points to be seeded. More information here.
16:12
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