Kylian Mbappé in tears in his father’s arms: these images not seen on TV
Hard landing for Kylian Mbappé. While the French team appeared as the big favorite of this World Cup finalthis Sunday, December 18 in Qatar, Lionel Messi’s Argentina finally imposed on penaltieswinning the third star in its history. As his friendsthe young striker from Paris Saint-Germain, who had nevertheless achieved the feat of bringing the score back to equality on three occasionswas collapsed. So that when arriving at the locker room after the defeat, according to information from Denis Brogniart, the heroes of the blues a “cracked in the arms of his father Wilfried”.
“These are devastated players who are currently in the dressing room. Kylian Mbappé actually burst into tears when he saw his dad and when he found Nasser al-Khelaifithe president of Paris Saint-Germain”thus confirmed the special envoy of the Mag of TF1. So close to the feat after a past competition at the top, the former Bondy player believed he could turn the tide of the match for the umpteenth time during the penalty shootout. Unfortunately, the failures of Kingsley Coman and Aurélien Tchouaméni and the faultless Argentinians in penalties did not allow the national team to bring the Cup back to the Champs Élysées.
Emmanuel Macron “heavy” with Kylian Mbappé?
The minutes that followed Argentina’s victory were not easy for Kylian Mbappé: recognized as the world top scorer, the sidekick d’Olivier Giroud was comforted by the President of the Republic himself, on the pitch and then in the locker room. A sequence widely relayed on social networks and which caused discomfort. “A little too much”, “It almost got a little heavy”, reacted Daniel Riolo and Emmanuel Small in the morning of BFMTV, this December 19. “The embarrassment”commented Sandrine Rousseau on Twitter, while Olivier Faure described as“untimely and awkward” this moment. After claiming thatyou should not have “politicizing sport” at the start of the competition, the Head of State finally staged himself more than ever on the social network in the process of cheering up the players in the locker room.
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