Tricolor football prodigy, Kylian Mbappé quickly climbed the floors leading to the summits. But for many months and the beginning of his troubles at Paris Saint-Germain, the French international has gradually lost his influence and today finds himself in great sporting and mental difficulty. For Bixente Lizarazu, the time has come to say things and face reality: Kylian Mbappé is not the superman he said he was.
Contrary to the image he has wanted to build over the years, the Bondynois is not a robot. This is in essence the analysis that “Liza” delivered this Sunday in the columns of
The Team. “No top athlete is a machine. (…) Today, I wonder to what extent his mind is affected and if he has as much pleasure playing football. All players in the world have fluctuating fitness levels but, when the downturn lasts so long, we can think that there is a deeper psychological impact. »
“We have to get away from this myth,” says Lizarazu
For the 1998 world champion, it is important for Kylian Mbappé not to deny reality, and even to face it to get back on track with his career. “The situation is all the more difficult to manage as Kylian has always constructed an image of Superman like Cristiano Ronaldo. (…) We must get away from this myth. By cultivating the legend of the perfectly oiled machine, of the indestructible guy who will break all records, it becomes difficult to say: ‘Right now I’m not doing well’. (…) To deny this saturation is to take the risk of going as far as injury. »
And according to Bixente Lizarazu, Kylian Mbappé’s recovery will not happen in the blink of an eye. “If a problem has been rooted for two years, you’re not going to fix it overnight. It is personal work as important as physical and technical training. (…) It is sometimes important to talk about it with people you trust or with a psychologist. » The advice is given.
