Captain of the France team since the retirement of Hugo Lloris, Kylian Mbappé celebrated his sixth victory with the armband around his arm. A first since Marcel Desailly in 1999.
The French team of Didier Deschamps, or more precisely that of Kylian Mbappé as captain, scored its 6th victory in a row during the Euro 2024 qualifiers, Friday in the Netherlands (1-2), and s is officially qualified for the European Nations Championship which will take place in Germany next summer (June 14-July 14). A nice full box.
Promoted to captain since the retirement of Hugo Lloris in the wake of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Mbappé becomes the first player to win six matches with the armband at kick-off since Marcel Desailly in 1999.
A statistic which is not trivial, since after the “Rock”, there have been many French captains: Patrick Vieira, Zinédine Zidane, Lilian Thuram, Thierry Henry, Alou Diarra (9 times), Patrice Évra and Hugo Lloris , but also Blaise Matuidi and Raphaël Varane during the reign of the goalkeeper of the 2018 world champions.
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé becomes the first player to have won each of his first 6 matches while being captain at kick-off with the Blues since Marcel Desailly in 1999. #NEDFRA
— Stats Football (@Statsdufoot) October 13, 2023
