Mbappé has spoken out frankly after France’s national team was eliminated in the 2026 World Cup semifinals.
"Mbappé" admits the truth!!! "France" played like this, they do not deserve to reach the 2026 World Cup final.
Kylian Mbappé, the captain and forward of France’s national team, admitted that with this kind of play, his team did not deserve to reach the 2026 World Cup final after losing 0-2 to Spain in the semifinals last night.
Mbappé said, "Fabián Ruiz and Rodri had a lot of time on the ball. Our pressing communication was lacking. I think we should have pressed them one-on-one and forced them to chase us."
"We didn’t play the game we wanted, neither technically nor tactically. When you don’t do what you have to in a World Cup semifinal, you don’t win. Spain likes to keep possession and control the pace. Our plan was to press them hard to prevent them from setting the rhythm."
"Because they are better than us at controlling the game, but we failed. We didn’t play well enough technically. We couldn’t cause damage to them when we should have."
"Even when we won the ball back, we lost it again. Our first touch wasn’t good enough. That’s what cost us the game. It’s very disappointing. To be honest, we didn’t do anything well enough to reach the final."
"What we did tonight wasn’t even worthy of a World Cup semifinal. We failed both technically and tactically."