Kylian Mbappé has been in charge of speaking for the French team in the preview of the round of 16 that will measure the French team against Belgium tomorrow afternoon in Düsseldorf. From tomorrow Mbappé will now be a Real Madrid player for all intents and purposes. and obviously many of the questions have been aimed at knowing your feelings on the matter. “I’m not in the Madrid WhatsApp group but I won’t be long. “I haven’t spoken to Courtois, but it’s better that he’s not here.”
Great teams but not in shape: “Let’s hope that France wakes up. There’s no need to make excuses, it’s true that it hasn’t been a high-level group stage. If we don’t win we’re going home, but I don’t see the group doubting. They’ve The fact that we came second woke up many people.
The incident with Lewandowski: “It’s an option, when you play with a broken nose and you don’t have surgery… Lewandowski didn’t do it deliberately, he knew what I was embarking on when I didn’t have surgery and played. I know that I can take hits, if I “It has to hit the nose to qualify us… It’s already broken.”
The elections in France: “Nothing changes, we are going to see the results. And then we will see why there is a second round but I hope it goes well for everyone.”
The pressure: “When we haven’t reacted we have gone home. Now there is no option because no one wants to go home. I think we have everything to get through.”
How do you see Belgium?: “They lost the first game, but we didn’t win everything either. They have lost important players but they have hungry young people. We know what we are facing. We didn’t start 1-0 because we won in 2018. And also there aren’t that many players left.”
The goals: “I always want to score, but the first thing is for France to win. I haven’t hit a header since I broke my nose, that’s the truth, but if I have to hit a header tomorrow to score I will do it. As I say, my nose is already broken “.
Did you see yourself outside the Euro?: “I didn’t really know what had happened to me, I didn’t know my nose was broken. But when I got to the locker room and saw myself in the mirror I thought I was going home. It hasn’t been easy, “At first I didn’t sleep, I couldn’t play against the Netherlands and the good thing now is that I’m very happy.”
Lack of goal: “Because we don’t create chances, the most important thing from my experience is that the boys don’t get that stuck in their heads. The most important thing is to create chances and they will score. It’s true that it has been a problem in the scoring phase. groups, we have to admit it, but now we have to put them in. Where does that 4-4-2 come from? I don’t know, we have to ask the coach. I don’t know what the coach has prepared for us, I’m sorry.”
Mask changes “Playing with a mask is an absolute horror. I have changed masks because every time, something went wrong. It is complicated because it limits vision and sweat is trapped. I had the impression of being in 3D and that I had been invited to the Euro Cup as a VIP. I could see the people but I had the impression that it was not me who played. As soon as I can take it off, I will do it. I have to thank the masks.”
Play with Marcus Thuram: “It’s not him who has to adapt, but rather I have to adapt to whoever I play. I can play wherever and with whoever. I know him well and it’s true that he has changed his profile with Inter.”
Have you lost explosiveness?: “I think every player evolves, I have prepared my body to play longer seasons. With Madrid we are going to play for seven titles and we have to calculate it. When you are younger you are also fresher. I will be able to do a good preparation with Madrid to have a good season”
