Les Bleus are feeling blue after their Euro 2024 performance. France captain Kylian Mbappé expressed strong disappointment in his team’s tournament stint, following their semifinal eliminatio…
semifinal elimination to Spain in Munich on Tuesday.“It was a failure. We had the ambition to be European champions; I had the ambition to be European champion. We aren’t that, so it’s a failure.”Randal Kolo Muani headed in a cross from Mbappé within the first 10 minutes of the match to give France an early lead over Spain on Tuesday.
The tournament started poorly for the Real Madrid forward, who broke his nose in France’s opening match against Austria and missed the following game against the Netherlands.Mbappé had complained the mask hindered him and ditched it in the semifinal after he got hit in the same area. “It was great because we took the lead, but this Spanish side masters the game so well. We didn’t perform so well in the end. We didn’t manage to play as vertically as I would have wished.
Deschamps removed the 33-year-old, who failed to find the back of the net throughout the tournament, from the starting lineup ahead of the critical semifinal match.Midfielder Adrien Rabiot, who was sidelined for the quarterfinal against Portugal through suspension, had critical words on his teammate’s performance, according to“I don’t know how to explain it, maybe he is less physically fit. We expect a lot more from Antoine because he is capable of doing a lot more,” Rabiot said.
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