Football NewsKylian Mbappe accuses FFF president of misrepresenting information
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Kylian Mbappe starts a war of words with the head of his country’s governing body.

 

A little about the topic

The French player responded to the statements of the president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noel Le Graet, that the lack of support after a missed penalty almost led to the striker entering the national team. Kylian suffered a setback against Switzerland at Euro 2020, ending up eliminated by Les Bleus in the last 16.

And while Noel said Kylian was angry at the French Football Federation for not supporting him enough following the missed penalty and subsequent criticism on social media, the forward said his problem was specifically with the racist abuse he received and the lack of response. by the governing body.

 

What did Kylian Mbappe say?

Initially, the FFF President said that he met with Kylian Mbappe after the Euro, he felt that the Federation did not protect him after his missed penalty and criticism on the networks. According to Noel Le Graet, they met for five minutes in his office. Le Graet says Mbappe was angry, didn’t want to play for France anymore – which he obviously didn’t mean.

Now, however, the 23-year-old has accused Noel of ignoring racism, responding via social media that he made it clear to him that it was primarily about racism and NOT punishment. However, according to Mbappe, Noel believed that there was no racism.

 

“It’s not the same”

Speaking at the time, Kylian Mbappe made it clear that he would drop out of Didier Deschamps’ roster if he was ever considered a problem. The Paris Saint-Germain star said he never took a single euro to play for the French national team and would always play for his national team for free and above all, he never wanted to be a problem.

But according to Mbappe, from the moment when it seemed to him that he was starting to become a problem and that people felt that he was a problem. The forward got the message that his ego made them lose, that he wanted to take up too much space, and that without him, therefore, they might have won.

Kylian says the most important thing is the French team and if the French team is happier without him, he will go. According to Kylian Mbappe, he met with the president and they talked about it. The striker went to complain to him that he was insulted and called a monkey because he missed a penalty. It’s not the same and that he will never complain about a penalty. Kylian says it’s a penalty, he missed it.