It was a press conference the day before the match, before the clash between Real Madrid and Inter Milan, a great poster for the first day of the Champions League. Kylian Mbappé was behind the desk, and the French striker took advantage of a question about his defensive work to address a small tackle to Ousmane Dembélé.
It all started out as part of a question from a journalist asking Mbappé if he and Vinicius needed to improve defensively. “Just me and Vinicius?” »retorted the Bondynois. The journalist extended his question by citing as an example the pressing carried out by players like Raphinha and Ousmane Dembélé.
Mbappé’s counterattack did not take long. “Of course we have to improve defensively and that’s natural. If I want to be stupid, I can tell you that I score more goals than the two players you mentioned, and therefore they must score more to be like me.said the Bondynois, in a rather dubious comment about Dembélé, his teammate with the Blues.
Dembélé, PSG… Mbappé has the answer to everything
“Everyone is different, continued Mbappé.
But I’m smart so I tell you I have to improve. But I don’t like to compare myself because I do a lot of things that others don’t do. It’s an endless debate but yes the whole team must improve defensively and with the ball, we must also raise the level. »
Later in the press conference, Mbappé was asked to respond to anyone making a link between his departure from PSG and Luis Enrique’s men’s two Champions League successes. Obviously, he appreciated it moderately.
His reply? “I can’t do anything about it. I can’t generalize. I don’t care. I don’t know everything about football, but I know more than many. I remain calm. Sometimes it’s not the analytics that matter, but what sells. Talking about me sells. »
