‘Kylian adalah Kylian’: Deschamps senang melindungi Mbappé di tengah pengawasan politik
Dengan kapten Prancis menjadi sorotan di hotel tim dan di media domestik, pelatih kepala mencoba mengalihkan fokus sebelum pertandingan pembuka Piala Dunia melawan Senegal. Sejak Prancis tiba di markas Piala Dunia mereka di Boston pekan lalu, mereka telah menjadi sumber daya tarik reguler bagi penduduk setempat. Kerumunan orang, sebagian besar anak muda, telah berkumpul di luar hotel Les Bleus di pusat kota untuk menyemangati tim saat mereka berangkat untuk latihan. Semua…
With France captain in spotlight at team hotel and in home press, head coach tries to pull focus before their World Cup opener against Senegal
Since France arrived at their World Cup base in Boston last week they have been a regular source of fascination for locals. Crowds of mostly young people have formed outside Les Bleus’ downtown hotel to cheer the team as they leave for training. All the players are met with pleas for waves and autographs, but the roar that meets Kylian Mbappé is of a different order altogether.
Mbappé is one of a small number of contemporary footballers whose names have cut through with the US public (though he is not yet a mononym, unlike Messi). As France begin their quest for a third World Cup he is inevitably the focus back home too, not least after giving an interview to Le Parisien at the weekend in which he denied ambitions of one day becoming president of France, saying: “I’m hated enough as it is!”
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