Carlo Ancelotti spoke for a long time in an interview with The team On the management of Kylian Mbappé, offering a rare look at the coach – player at the highest level. For the Italian technician, working with the French striker is almost simplicity. “”Is it easy to train Mbappé? Very easy. In a year, Mbappé never asked me for anything, nor to draw the penalties, to play, to not play, to hit the free kicks … nothing. He always behaved well, with a lot of humility. And he signed a very high level season from a personal point of view, with 44 goals. I believe that its second season will be better because it is suitable and its partners know it well. It is not that he does not like to defend. It's just that a player like him, with his characteristics, he is asked above all to score.»»
The subject of the player's positioning within the team is also at the heart of the interview. “”In my eyes, Mbappé is a center-forward. This is where he best expresses his qualities. It is fast, technical, skillful, capable of dazzling sequences in small spaces. It must therefore be close to the goal. On one side, it will have the same qualities, of course, but it will mark less I think. The intensity in football has further increased in recent seasons and the physical requirement of those who play on one side is much higher than a few years ago. We always ask for more efforts from those who evolve on the side. For Mbappé, it is therefore preferable to be at the point».
