After Argentina's coronation at the 2022 World Cup, Kylian Mbappé insulted Lionel Messi.
It's a scar that will probably never heal… On December 18, 2022, Lionel Messi's Argentina was crowned world champion after beating the France team in the final, in Doha (Qatar) at the end of the penalty shootout. A terrible disappointment for the Blues and for Kylian Mbappé, author of a historic hat-trick that evening.
On his return to PSG, Kylian Mbappé had the opportunity to discuss this final lost against the Albiceleste with Javier Pastore. The former idol of the Parc des Princes then wanted to congratulate the kid from Bondy on his career. And the Frenchman's response was violent.
“It was that son of a bitch Messi who beat us in the World Cup…”
“I saw him (Mbappé) a few months after the final in Qatar, when PSG went to train and play a match. I was in the locker room, with him, with Messi, with Ney. I congratulated him on the World Cup and he replied: “Noooo, it was that son of a bitch Messi who beat us in the World Cup…” He said it as a joke, as if to say that Leo had won it on his own”Pastore told The Nation.
And to add: “I talked to Kylian a lot, he's a very focused guy: he lost a final and the next day he was already thinking about the next thing he was going to win. He has an incredible mentality. I know him a lot, I have a very good relationship with him and he is a winner, he fights 100%. I am surprised by his seriousness at this age. I have only seen this seriousness in Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. »
