Despite its success, Didier Deschamps’ French team had to face some internal tensions.
A world champion title, a European championship final and another World Cup final: Didier Deschamps’ mandate is absolutely exceptional in terms of results strictly. In addition to this balance sheet, the Blues coach can also pride himself on having been able to preserve great group cohesion over the years. A small feat. Because even Deschamps was unable to avoid some tensions during his mandate.
This Monday the documentary “Kylian Mbappé, extraordinary: episode III” was broadcast on La Chaîne L’Équipe. In this report retracing the fabulous story of the Bondy prodigy, we learn more about the reasons for the little bickering that Mbappé may have had in selection with certain executives.
Mbappé-Griezmann, a relationship that has evolved well
There is obviously this misunderstanding displayed in the public square with Olivier Giroud. When the center forward publicly complained about not being served enough by his attacking colleagues, Kylian Mbappé felt targeted. The two scorers have become very close since then, displaying great complicity during the last World Cup.
But this documentary also traces the history of the relationship between Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann, the two stars of the France team. A relationship made up of things left unsaid, initially, when Mbappé landed like a meteorite in the landscape of the Blues after his emergence in 2017. Antoine Griezmann would then not have experienced the new status of the French phenomenon very well. A cold which would have worsened a year later, with the race for the Ballon d’Or. Griezmann finished in third place on the podium. Mbappé finished fourth. But the latter had not placed the Mâconnais in his 5 favorites for the year 2018.
All these little stories now belong to the past since Kylian Mbappé today maintains excellent relations with Antoine Griezmann. The two technical leaders of the Blues knew how to put water in their wine to walk together towards their common objectives. A new proof of intelligence on the part of these two legends of French football.
