England's players have been asked one question on repeat as they prepare to face France in the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. How do you stop Kylian Mbappe?
"I'm sure England will have prepared to face Kylian," France coach Didier Deschamps said at a news conference Friday. "But Kylian is in the position to make a difference.There is no sense of France trying manage expectations of its star player, even as the hype surrounding him grows with each stellar performance in Qatar.
"I don't know how to say it even more: I feel he is a top player. I'm not underestimating that one bit, but we are not playing tennis, it's not a solo sport," he said after being faced with a series of questions about the Paris Saint-Germain striker."If he can stop Kylian Mbappe, good for him," added Fofana. "But 19 other teams in Ligue 1 have been waiting for the solution. The truth will come from the pitch.
England had taken the lead in both matches, and Southgate was accused of adopting defensive tactics to try to protect the lead.
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