Replaced Friday evening, at the break in the match between Monaco and PSG (0-0), Kylian Mbappé reacted in his own way to what some described as a snub for the player.
A week after conceding a draw against Stade Rennais (1-1), Paris Saint-Germain once again shared the points in the championship, this time on the pitch of AS Monaco (0-0). During this match counting for the 24th day of Ligue 1, there was another similarity with the previous one: the early replacement of Kylian Mbappé. If he had intervened in the 65th minute against the Bretons, this time it took place during the break in the Principality. Enough to challenge the observers who analyzed the behavior of the Bondynois who came to sit in the stands, far from the Parisian bench.
Because if he pretended to smile, Kylian Mbappé’s body language showed some signs of annoyance following Luis Enrique’s decision to take him out very early in the game. But for Raymond Domenech, the divorce was not so much between the two men as between the striker and the Parisian club. “ There is a divorce, but for me it is not between the coach and the player. It is between the player and the club. The coach is only a means in the middle and he carries the spirit of the club. The spirit of the club is that (Mbappé) is no longer there, he is going to leave, he announced that he would not stay, he is no longer part of the team. Kylian confirms it by doing (what he did). »
“The train may derail”
On the set of the channel The Team, the journalist Hervé Penaud tried to explain what Kylian Mbappé might have felt on Friday evening, when he was replaced. “ In a way, he took it seriously because he must be really touched. We see the big smiles, he goes to see mom, we take selfies, but we know him, he’s a great competitor. There’s a sort of knot in my stomach. And it’s not just anywhere that he came out at half-time, it’s in Monaco, it’s his club. »
And for Grégory Schneider, also present to analyze the match, Kylian Mbappé responded appropriately to Luis Enrique and PSG. “ He responded to Luis Enrique’s provocation with a little provocation. He balked. It seems like nothing, they are playing a game where, if one of them slips, things could go badly. The train may derail, because they are all warming up. »
