Ireland v France: Kylian Mbappé glides into Dublin with Platini’s record in his sights (via IrishTimesSport)
The delivery draws an explosion of laughter from men and women who will eventually turn on him. For now, they serenade his every quip. And, to be fair, it sounded funny.
“We saw some clips of him. It’s his first season as a striker, an important striker for that team [he may mean Brighton] but we hope tomorrow that it is not good for him, we want to win and we want to do a good job. But he is a good player.”Last Thursday Mbappé was unveiled as French captain following a ridiculous week of anonymously sourced reporting about how Antoine Griezmann was livid at being overlooked. International retirement was seemingly imminent for the 32-year-old.
Marcel Desailly calls them the greatest rearguard France has ever produced – better than Lillian Thuram, Lauret Blanc, Desailly, and Bixente Lizarazu?
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