Consultant for the channel FOX Sports during this 2026 World Cup, Zlatan Ibrahimović was obviously in front of his television for this quarter-final between France and Morocco (2-0). At the end of the match, he delivered his analysis, particularly on Kylian Mbappé after he saw his penalty saved by Yassine Bounou. According to the former Swedish striker, this is where the Atlas Lions made a mistake. The Frenchman would have become even more determined by his missed opportunity, while his opponents thought they had escaped punishment.
“ I was laughing when everyone started talking about the missed penalty. For what ? Because I’ve seen this story before. Great players are dangerous. Big, angry players are even more angry. Morocco thought they had changed the match. Their goalkeeper saves the penalty, the crowd explodes, the bench celebrates… But the biggest mistake to make against a superstar is to believe that he is finished after a bad moment. This is where he becomes ruthlessassures the Milanese leader. I observed Mbappé after the missed penalty. His body language never changed. No panic, no frustration, no fear. He looked like a man who had already decided how the story was going to end. Then he scores. Then he offers another goal. Then France heads towards the semi-finals. That’s what elite players do: they punish doubt “.
