Emmanuel Macron has revealed what he said to Kylian Mbappé following the World Cup final defeat in Qatar.
France, who trailed 2-0, reduced the score and then equalized through Mbappé, pushing both sides into extra time.
During these 30 minutes, the two teams scored once more and it was once once more the number 10 of the Blues who found the back of the net on a penalty.
In the mixed zone, the Head of State, who was present for the final, said: “Mbappé is a very great player but he is young, I told him he was only 24 years old. He was the top scorer of this World Cup. He won a World Cup, he made a final. I was as sad as him. I said he made us very proud and in the end we lost a football game, we went to nothing. »
He added: “We came back up, tremendously. It’s extraordinary what Kylian Mbappé did, the whole team was back. We got hungry once more. There was from the 75th, a team that found hunger, that wanted. I believed in it immensely, I thought we were going to score before the end of regulation time. I thought we were going to score first during extra time. »
The president also invited Didier Deschamps to remain coach of the Blues despite this setback in the final.
