Kylian Mbappé is not coping. While a slight improvement was observed this weekend during the Getafe reception, the Bondynois appearing more in his legs and scoring the second goal for his team, the Madrid striker experienced a severe relapse on Wednesday, during the clash against Athletic Bilbao. In difficulty on his left flank, the former Parisian did not weigh in on the debates except for missing another penalty in the second half.
And while the Merengue were left with another disappointment, with a 2-1 defeat which left them four points behind Barça at the top of La Liga, Kylian Mbappé beat his guilt at the end of the meeting by taking responsibility of defeat.
“Bad result. A big mistake in a match where every detail counts. I take full responsibility for it. A difficult moment but it’s the best time to change the situation and show who I am”he wrote on Instagram.
While some see in the difficulties of the former Parisian a burn-out or even a depression, Philippe Diallo prefers to evoke a simple “slack” For
“one of the greatest players on the planet”. The president of the French Football Federation, however, admits that this situation has harmful effects on the Blues. So much so that he is convinced that with Mbappé at his level, the France team could have won the Euro.
Kylian Mbappé cost the Blues the Euro…
“Compared to the performances he has been able to achieve since the start of his career, his level of performance is lower and that weighs on the French team, he confided to the After microphone on RMC. I continue to think that if Kylian Mbappé had been at the level of performance he usually has since the start of his career, we might have won the Euro in Germany. This is not the case. »
But despite the difficulties of the captain of the Blues, Philippe Diallo did not seek to speak with his player, leaving Didier Deschamps to manage the problem. “I haven’t spoken with him directly in recent weeks because there have been a lot of exchanges between him and Didier Deschamps who went to Madrid to meet him. So in this respect, I was obviously kept informed of all of their exchanges, he explained.
And decisions which belong to Didier Deschamps to select a player at such and such a time because he thinks for himself as for the group that it is better. »
And the boss of French football is now looking towards next spring. “My only concern today is that Kylian Mbappé once again becomes the player likely to win a Ballon d’Or and that he is with us in March (for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations against Croatia ) at its best »he concluded.
