Since the start of the season, Kylian Mbappé has been struggling in his new role as number 9. At Real Madrid, the Frenchman, positioned in the centre, does not seem to find his marks and it is the same with the Blues. This Friday, against Italy, he delivered a performance that was once again very disappointing in this style of central attacker. Enough to be criticized. At the microphone of TelefootDidier Deschamps wanted to defend his player.
“He’s a striker who is in an axial position that suits him with a lot of freedom. If you expect Kylian to be a pivot player, that’s not it. He plays with us in that register (axial striker), in his club, he also plays in the axis with this freedom that he needs. It’s not in his characteristics to be a surface or pivot striker. Afterwards, we have to make sure to organize well around him, it’s the animation for the most complementarity possible”explained Didier Deschamps, who believes that Mbappé has the ability to play in the centre.
