Mbappé breaks down live: big discomfort with this well-known columnist

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

“What are you implying?” » The scene was remembered, to the point of becoming quite viral for a jingle from the show L’Equipe du Soir, in which Bertrand Latour long held his strong opinions.

Four years ago, during Euro 2021, the journalist had a verbal altercation with
Kylian Mbappé during a press briefing for the French team. A lively exchange which resulted from the declarations of Olivier Giroud at the microphone of the same Latour, when the center forward complained of not “ not see the balloons arriving » targeting Mbappé without naming him.

Bertrand Latour returned to this episode in an interview for the Aliotalk podcast. “Giroud was a little annoyed by my question himself. I found him strange for a guy who had scored two goals against Bulgaria in that match. I know Giroud a little and I can see that he is not completely normal. I ask him the question, he throws what he has to throw and it sets a terrible fire. A few days later, Mbappé goes to a press conference and I am there. I want to make him react to that. Everyone understood that it was him who was targeted even if he had not been cited. He felt targeted since he was very angry.”

“I don’t know if he wanted me or not”

And Bertrand Latour continues: “What I want to tell him is that I think he wants to give the ball quicker to some than to others, that’s very clear. He shifted a lot in his chair etc. while saying: “no, there is no tension, calm down”. That’s not the feeling I had that was in the room. I don’t know if he was mad at me or not, but it was a bit of a strong moment.”
Visibly peaceful and fully fulfilled in Madrid, Kylian Mbappé now seems very far from this media buzz.