For several months, the status of Kylian Mbappé has been questioned with the French team. Appointed captain of the Blues from the last euro, the former PSG scorer has only been the shadow of himself since this responsibility. Less decisive than usual, Mbappé now only marks on penalty with the Blues. Faced with Spain this Thursday in the semi-finals of the League of Nations, the player trained at AS Monaco put an end to a scarcity of eight matches without scoring with the Blues. Inevitably, his untouchable status is talking in France and Europe. On RMCJérôme Rothen did not hesitate to question the Capitanat of the Real Madrid striker with the French team:
“”Give him the armband, I think it was a mistake. There was the opportunity in September-October-November, with his absences with the Blues, to withdraw him and to let him concentrate just on his game. It is not a problem to defend or not, because he makes efforts, but there are matches where he no longer made these efforts. As soon as he did not have the ball in his feet, that his team no longer had the ball, he did not run. Against Spain, we saw him trigger the pressing, hinder the first reminders. This allowed the Blues to have possession. The problem is that the defense remained 50 meters behind, this is what happened on most of the goals conceded. I think Mbappé must make more than one collective point of view than just be turned on his person. In one against one, it makes fewer differences. He must find something else. Thursday evening, he didn't make a bad match, I liked it. But he must manage to perform this switch to the collective, even with Real. We expect a player like that that he also makes his teammates better, he must be a benchmark.»»
