No Kylian Mbappé for the two Nations League matches that the Blues will play in October against Israel (the 10th) and Belgium (the 14th). Announced as the victim of a biceps femoral injury by Real Madrid on September 24, the striker was left at the disposal of his club by Didier Deschamps. But the fact that Real then lined up against Lille last week in the Champions League, then against Villarreal this Sunday in the league, caused some commotion and incomprehension among some. Giovanni Castaldi joined the debate.
Follower of the French team for the channel The Teamthe journalist expressed his annoyance this Monday against the media outing of Fabien Bonnel, spokesperson for the main group of supporters of the Blues, the “Irrésistible Français”. The latter had just declared to the media about Kylian Mbappé:
“I do not at all question his sporting captaincy, on the other hand in the week that we have just spent (…), it could go as far as the lack of respect that there was towards the team jersey of France by Mbappé and Real Madrid (…). »
A final part of the intervention said nonetheless with a certain hesitation.
“This goes way too far”
However, this declaration did not reach Giovanni Castaldi at all. “When I hear that Kylian Mbappé disrespects the French team jersey… I am shocked. That the sequence is not good in terms of image I can understand, that the personality of Kylian Mbappé is divisive at the moment in France, it is a reality, it is a fact (…). There are plenty of reasons why there is disenchantment with Mbappé, but we cannot accuse this player of not having given to the France team. »
And the pleading of Carine Galli’s former companion in favor of the Bondynois continues: “He is someone who deeply loves this team. He shined there, he is invested. He doesn’t do everything well, I’m not saying that he’s an angel obviously, but to say that it’s a lack of respect, I think it’s enormous (…), it It’s way too strong, it goes way too far. »
