An interview which will be broadcast this Sunday evening. In this interview, the number 10 of the France team and Real Madrid spoke about the phenomenon of FC Barcelona and Spain Lamine Yamal. For him, the Catalan winger is a great player but still a young boy in life.
“ We see that he has a great passion for football, and that is the only thing he cannot lose. The rest is his personal life, people talk a lot about his personal life. You have to leave him alone. They have to accept that in football he is a great player, but in life he is an 18 year old boy. At that age, everyone makes mistakes. We do things well, things badly… In the end, he will have his experience. He will know what is good or bad for him, and ultimately, you just have to watch what he does on the pitch. The rest is not important if it is not serious. That's the only thing. He is a player who has great talent and I hope he will follow the path he wants. I wish him good luck,” he declared.
“I’m going to beat him”
This Friday evening, the French team hosts Azerbaijan at the Parc des Princes for the third day of the group stage of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Unless there are any surprises, Kylian Mbappé should start the game in Didier Deschamps' starting 11.
Present at a pre-match press conference on Thursday, the captain of the Tricolores spoke about the opponent but also about his number of goals for the selection (52). The 27-year-old is fast approaching Olivier Giroud's record (57). The Madrilenian says he will beat the Lille striker. » I think I'm going to beat him, but I don't know when, maybe tomorrow (Friday), who knows,” he told reporters. To be continued…
