France star Kylian Mbappe says he’s “obsessed” with the World Cup and is set to carry the trophy for the second time in a row.
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WHAT HAPPENED? Mbappe performed a key function for France as they went via to the quarter-finals of the competitors on Sunday when he scored two objectives of their 3-1 win in opposition to Poland. The 23-year-old, who helped France to international success in 2018, has his coronary heart set on going all the best way once more.
WHAT THEY SAID: Talking to the press, he stated: “In fact this World Cup is an obsession, it’s the competitors of my goals,” he stated in a press convention. “I’m fortunate to play it, I constructed my season on this competitors bodily and mentally. I needed to reach prepared and for ‘the precise now’. It’s going properly, however we’re nonetheless removed from the objective we’ve set for ourselves and which I’ve set for myself, which is to win.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Mbappe, who now has 5 objectives to his title on this yr’s World Cup, refused to speak to the media early within the competitors and he says he’s blissful to pay the effective that the French Soccer Federation will obtain for his absence, saying: “I do know that there have been lots of questions on why I didn’t communicate. Already, for all of the journalists who’re there, it was nothing private in opposition to the journalists, nothing in opposition to individuals. It was simply that I at all times have this have to concentrate on my competitors and after I need to concentrate on one thing I have to do it 100% and never waste power on the rest… I realized just lately that the Federation was going to be fined. I’ll undertake the effective. The Federation shouldn’t pay for a call that’s private.”
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DID YOU KNOW? France have reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in three consecutive editions of the event for the primary time of their historical past.
WHAT NEXT FOR FRANCE? Mbappe and his teammates will face the winners of Sunday night’s match between England and Senegal within the subsequent spherical.