This Thursday evening, the France team played a somewhat special meeting. Ten years after the attacks of November 13, during France-Germany, the Blues challenged Ukraine in a decisive match for qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in America. After struggling in the first period, Didier Deschamps’ team broke the deadlock thanks to a penalty from Kylian Mbappé. Enough to then proceed with offensive football and a large 4-0 victory which allows France to qualify.
The Real Madrid striker also scored twice and delivered a new assist, bringing his total in Blue to 55 pawns and 35 offerings. In his career, Mbappé has already scored 400 goals and he does not intend to stop there. After the meeting, at the microphone of TF1he spoke about this obvious qualification but which should not be trivialized at all. “We have pride as the coach said in the locker room, we must not trivialize qualification even if it becomes normal. I think that in the history of the Blues, that has not always been the case. We tried to be as sober as possible because it wasn’t the most important of the evening, we needed maximum common sense by telling ourselves that the most important thing was the commemoration. On the pitch, in the first half, it was a little more difficult because we knew that with Iceland’s result, Ukraine wanted a draw to get back in front. We had a penalty which helped us, it’s true. And then we progress, we score goals and we have situations. Overall, the fans had a good evening“, he said before continuing with his performances.
Kylian Mbappé wants to make an impression
“I had to be the best version of myself to go to CDM. Last year it was more difficult in selection. It was important to repeat matches of my caliber to show that the selection is still important to me. The campaign went well, the most important thing is the USA. At club things are going well, the last matches were more difficult but we must not panic. What I want is to be the best I can be in the World Cup. Everyone knows football and analysis. Playing in a World Cup, we know how special it is. It is a privilege to represent France in the eyes of the world. We will represent all French people to leave a mark in the history of our country.” The Frenchman also took the opportunity to recall the importance of this symbolic day in the eyes of the locker room and addressed the objective set for the next World Cup: final victory.
“There are of course the words in the conference which represented the France team, we wanted to show that we feel concerned. We are French and what happened to our country is catastrophic. We will never be able to fill this gap but we will be able to have compassion with those who suffered. The World Cup? We are going there to win of course, like the 48 teams. We want to put the 3rd star, we were close. We want to use it. We will never recover this final against Argentina. Even if in 2026 we win, in 2022 we will not have won. 3 World Cups won is better than two. You have to use this failure by having certainties: first the group stages and then sudden death where, if you lose, you go home. It’s two different competitions.”. This is clear. The French team will still have matches next March but will logically be expected in a few months in the United States. For the latest from Didier Deschamps…
