2023-11-09 18:42:54
A first podium in Kylian Mbappé’s short and fulfilling career is not enough. The captain of the French team, who came 3rd in the 2023 Ballon d’or rankings on October 30, would undoubtedly have deserved better according to his national team coach, Didier Deschamps.
“He would have deserved to win,” said Deschamps in an interview given to BeIN Sports. That he is third is another disappointment too. Afterwards, there are votes from journalists from all over the world. I’m not saying that Messi didn’t deserve it and that Haaland wouldn’t have deserved it. He is young, the years also pass but with what he has achieved, he would have deserved.”
It is true that his season was impressive, 54 goals over the season, for club and national team, he is not far from the status of top scorer in the world over the season, behind Erling Haaland and his 56 goals in 57 games. Above all, his performance at the 2022 World Cup will remain engraved in people’s minds.
Top scorer in the competition with 8 goals, finalist with a hat-trick against Argentina, Mbappé should have collected more points according to Deschamps: “The votes are the votes and come from almost everywhere. I was surprised, even a little more, by the vote of some. Not putting Kylian Mbappé in the top five is really… I’m not going to use the term dishonesty, but we’re not far from it all the same.” With 270 points (192 lengths behind Lionel Messi), Mbappé will not have been unanimous and did not deserve to be among the five best players of the season according to eight voters (Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Denmark, Lebanon, Equatorial Guinea, Norway, Panama and Switzerland).
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