At 27, Kylian Mbappé will already play the third World Cup semi-final of his career. Once again, this qualification bears the signature of the captain of the Blues, author of the first goal against Morocco this evening (2-0) despite a missed penalty in the first period. The Madrilenian now has 20 goals in the World Cup, and comes within one unit of Lionel Messi’s historic record (he has 8 in this edition, like the Argentinian).
He also has 11 goals in the World Cup finals, a historic record in the history of the competition, far ahead of the Brazilians Leonidas and Ronaldo (8 goals). The only false note of the evening: his exit at playing time after an alert. Remaining on the ground in the central circle and grimacing, the captain of the Blues was finally replaced by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Just a blow to the ankle for Mbappé
France held its breath, but Didier Deschamps wanted to reassure from the final whistle at the microphone of beIN SPORTS : “No, Kylian it’s a bit of an ankle, he felt a bit of pain, and Manu Koné had received a blow to the knee and a bit of cramps. Warren (Zaire-Emery) made a very, very good entrance”declared the coach. Kylian Mbappé followed suit, indicating that he had received a simple blow to the ankle.
“Yeah it’s okay, I took a hit to my ankle, but it’s okay. I think at that moment, JP (Jean-Philippe Mateta) was more capable than me to play the last 15 minutes. And he came in well, he can score, that’s positive.”he indicated, and to continue. “If we are on a mission? I don’t know if we’re on a mission, but that’s the easiest term to put. There is no reason to relax, we are in the semi-final, we are very happy, there is still a long way to go, we are aware that what awaits us is even harder than what we have been through. We are ready to face everything, we will watch tomorrow’s match to find out who we will face.. It will be Spain or Belgium.
