“ At this gathering, he will be able to evolve in his preferential position, at the forefront “. During the announcement of the French group last week, Zinédine Zidane delivered a first interesting confidence about his plans with regard to Kylian Mbappé. Absent for the majority of the matches of the last break – the first of Zizou – due to a knee injury, the Real Madrid striker will be scrutinized very closely. First, and no one will argue, because he is the offensive leader of this team and quite simply the best player on the team, of which he is also the captain.
But also because in recent months, frictions have reportedly broken out within the French group. Daily life The Team thus made some revelations on the sometimes heavy context which reigns in the group, with a somewhat isolated Mbappé, and a relationship which has deteriorated with Ousmane Dembélé. And that’s not all, since the relationship between the Merengue player and his coach would also be far from ideal…
Zidane wants to put the pieces back together
The Team thus publishes an article on the understanding between the 98 world champion and his captain, explaining that the relationship between the two is much less “harmonious” than the one the Bondynois had with Didier Deschamps. First, because of a tactical choice by Zidane during the match against Turkey. Mbappé had not understood his positioning on the left and that of Dembélé in the axis during the last break, and Zidane realized this. Hence his recent statements on positioning for upcoming matches against Italy and Turkey.
Image generation in progress
But also because the two men have hardly communicated recently. The sports daily adds that the striker and the coach hardly spoke to each other during the gathering, before the Bondynois left for Madrid due to his injury. Particularly due to the player’s illness, who was somewhat forced to stay in his room in Clairefontaine. And even though they both live in Madrid and Zidane has reconciled with Florentino Pérez, president of Real, they have not taken advantage of this geographical proximity to establish ties. On the coach’s side, there is clearly a desire to mend things and take care of this relationship, while the shared adventure of the two with the Blues has not started in the best possible way…
