At the age of 23, Mbappe is about to compete in the second World Cup final in his career. That is something that not every star of world football can do.
Since winning the World Cup four years ago, there have been many upheavals for Kylian Mbappe. From the glory with 3 Ligue 1 championships with PSG, scored 193 goals, 93 assists, decided to refuse Real Madrid to stay in the team; until the hard defeat when losing to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final (missing a delicious opportunity at a time when the score was still 0-0), the decisive 11m kick made France lose to Switzerland in the first round. /8 Euro 2020.
“Mbappe’s now is very different from 2018. His personality has changed a lot compared to before,” Antoine Griezmann said of his team-mate. “Now we see him more active in group activities and training. Mbappe talks more and always brings laughter to his teammates every day.”
His teammates assessed that Mbappe has made positive changes in the past 4 years.
As revealed by Griezmann, in 2018 Mbappe lived a closed life with a hobby of eating pasta and salmon, entertaining with PlayStation games and exercising. But now, the interaction between Mbappe and the team has completely changed. This player always makes jokes to put everyone in a good mood, showing team leadership, especially in imparting experience to young players.
Therefore, Griezmann believes that Mbappe becoming the captain of the French team will be sooner or later.
“He knows his importance and every action will be watched by the fans, journalists, teammates. And Mbappe is now really unmistakable,” said Griezmann .
Mbappe has 5 goals at the 2022 World Cup.
In 2018, Mbappe was considered a prodigy, a potential emerging star when he helped France win the World Cup at the age of 19. And at that time, despite his excellence, he was still not considered a spirit. soul in the team’s play.
And now, at the age of 23, this striker is really reaching out to assert the position of the best player in the World Cup, the best in the world at the moment.
Commenting on Mbappe’s progress, striker Olivier Giroud did not regret his praise: “He has taken his game to a new level, progressing at every level. Mbappe is now stronger, more intelligent. , faster, better finish”.
After 4 years, Mbappe has really reached out. When France meets any opponent, one of the questions that the public is interested in will always be: How to block Mbappe?
That shows Mbappe’s influence in the French team’s play, from the ability to score goals to attracting defenders to create space for teammates.
At the age of 23, Mbappe is having the opportunity to win the World Cup for the second time in a row.
Of course, in Mbappe sometimes there are still some dribbling phases, situations that are not very smooth when receiving the ball in a position with his back to the goal, hawjc even asked for him right? good fight. However, in general, Mbappe of 2022 has really surpassed Mbappe of 2018.
“Don’t talk to me about age. If you’re good enough, you’ll be on the pitch. There’s no such thing as ‘you’re old or you’re ageless’,” Mbappe once shared in a documentary back in the day . May 2018. And now, it is not an exaggeration to say that this player is the leader of the French team, and is gradually walking on the path to becoming a legend like what Zidane, Henry, Platini … have done.
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