France’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring his aspect’s third purpose in the course of the World Cup spherical of 16 match in opposition to Poland. AP
Doha: Kylian Mbappe stated Sunday he dreamed of profitable the World Cup for a second time after his brace helped France to a 3-1 win over Poland which superior the holders to the quarter-finals in Qatar.
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“After all, this World Cup is an obsession for me, it’s the competitors of my desires,” stated the 23-year-old who burst onto the worldwide stage by starring when France gained the title in Russia 4 years in the past.
“I’ve constructed my season round this competitors and round being prepared each bodily and mentally for it.
“I needed to come back right here prepared and thus far issues are going nicely, however we’re nonetheless a great distance from the target we set and that I set.”
The Paris Saint-Germain famous person now has 5 objectives in simply 4 video games on the match and is already France’s second-top scorer ever on the World Cup with 9 objectives in 11 appearances general.
Solely Simply Fontaine, who scored an unimaginable 13 instances on the 1958 match in Sweden, has extra World Cup objectives for France.
Nonetheless Mbappe insisted he was not bothered concerning the prospect of profitable the Golden Ball for the match’s greatest participant.
“The one goal for me is to win the World Cup which implies now to win the quarter-final,” stated Mbappe, who additionally arrange the opening purpose in opposition to Poland for Olivier Giroud.
“That’s what I’m dreaming of. I didn’t come right here to win the Golden Ball. That’s not why I’m right here. I’m right here to win and assist the French nationwide crew.”
Whereas the veteran Giroud netted his 52nd worldwide purpose to maneuver previous Thierry Henry and turn into France’s all-time prime scorer, Mbappe was as soon as once more France’s excellent participant.
He had been named man of the match in France’s opening two wins over Australia and Denmark solely to shun his post-match media duties, exposing the French Soccer Federation to a nice from FIFA in consequence.
Nonetheless, this time he confirmed as much as communicate to reporters.
“There have been a number of individuals questioning why I used to be not talking but it surely was nothing private in opposition to the journalists,” he stated.
“I simply wanted to focus on my competitors and after I must focus it must be at one hundred pc. I can’t lose power on different issues.
“That’s the reason I didn’t communicate earlier than. I’ve learnt that the federation goes to get a nice however I’ve promised personally to pay it.”
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