France captain Kylian Mbappe spoke on Monday at a press conference ahead of his side’s international friendly against Chile, that will take place on Tuesday evening. He told reporters that there were warning signs for his country after they lost 2-0 at the weekend against Germany, who will be the hosts this summer for the upcoming European Championships.
Kylian Mbappe has said there are “warning signs” for France over “lacking leadership” after their weekend defeat to Germany.
France lost 2-0 at home to Germany in their friendly on Saturday, and they are now moving on to look ahead to their match against Chile.
Didier Deschamps’ team are preparing for the European Championships this summer after their defeat in the 2022 World Cup final defeat to Argentina in Qatar.
Germany will host the tournament this summer, and they appeared more energetic and determined than France in their victory.
“It’s still my responsibility [to come to press conferences], even more so after a defeat,” Mbappe said on Monday. “If we had won, I would not have come, I would have given way to other leaders, but there, we had to take responsibility, and that’s why I’m here too.”
Mbappe acknowledged that a defeat in a friendly is not necessarily a huge blow, but cautioned that it could not be ignored.
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He explained: “The important thing is nuance. If we had won 5-0, I would not have said to myself that we were going to win the Euro with our fingers in our noses. There, I’m not saying to myself that we’re going to be overwhelmed either.
“It’s a warning, but we’re not going to throw everything in the trash for a friendly match, even if there were a lot of lessons for the future.”
The captain, who is believed to be joining Real Madrid this summer when his PSG contract expires, continued: “But it was more than leadership. It failed. The leadership was lacking. That’s clear but we were completely overwhelmed in several aspects.
