Kylian Mbappé can be reassured: absent in November of Didier Deschamps' list a month after ignoring the previous rally, Madrid will be present in March for the double confrontation against Croatia in the quarterfinals of the League nations. “Obviously he will be there. Why wouldn't he be there? “, he thus entrusted in an interview to The teamconvinced that“He found full possession of his means”.
If Kylian Mbappé will be in the list, he is not yet certain, however, that he remains captain of the French team. The tricolor coach has allowed doubt to hover even if he has
“No reasons today to say that he will not be captain in March”. He wants in “Discuss with him, as we do frequently. »»
To Kylian Mbappé to decide …
According to Didier Deschamps, the decision will return to … Kylian Mbappé. “For my part, I have no argument that goes in the direction of a change”, he held, adding: “But if, through a discussion, there are elements that I do not have today, which can lead to think … It is only compared to him. »»
For the coach, neither the reproaches made by Mike Maignan in September, nor the sequence of this fall in any case question his armband. “There have always been internal, individual or collective discussions. They can be interpreted as reproaches, but I always feed on these exchanges, even when the moment is not ideal. I consider that Kylian assumed the continuation after the retreat of Hugo (Lloris) and Raphaël (Varane) at the World Cup in Doha, he said. He assumed this role of captain with Antoine (Griezmann) as vice-captain. And the fall does not question his leadership in relation to what he has done and what he is capable of doing. »»
