Players and coaches · 12 dispatches
Kylian Mbappé
All dispatches about Kylian Mbappé. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Sevilla want a zoom on three Real Madrid plays, the gaffer watches it all from the slope
Sevilla, beaten 4-1 by Real Madrid on Sunday, lodged a complaint with La Liga on Wednesday. The club says three incidents were not replayed properly, including an elbow by Arda Güler.
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VAR rules out Vinicius’s 2-0 over a foul before the goal: Marcel compares
On Saturday VAR disallowed Vinicius Junior’s 71st-minute goal, which would have made it 2-0 to Real Madrid against Villarreal, for a hair pull on Nathan Saliba at the start of the move.…
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Belgium lead 1-0 until the 77th minute, lose 4-1: the thermometer has seen it all
France beat Belgium 4-1 at the Stade de France in the Nations League, scoring four goals in 14 minutes after Dodi Lukebakio’s opener. Nathan Ngoy told Sporza that Belgium had sat too…
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Zidane defends Dembélé after the 4-1, and Freddy still defends his captain
France beat Belgium 4-1 in the Nations League on Monday evening. Captain in the absence of Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé was replaced on 60 minutes by Michael Olise, who scored twice and…
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Olise plays chess during the title celebration, Freddy tries it in the dressing room
At Bayern Munich’s title celebration in May, Michael Olise played chess on his phone at the back while his teammates lifted the trophy one by one. His manager Vincent Kompany highlights his…
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Courtois looks back on his 2018 “anti-football”, Louise asks what a mixed zone is
Speaking to the Spanish outlet Onda Cero, Thibaut Courtois looked back on the 2018 World Cup semi-final lost 1-0 to France, to a Samuel Umtiti header in the 51st minute. He admits…
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Zidane scraps the Clairefontaine carpet, Louise wonders where players arrive now
New France head coach after Didier Deschamps’s fourteen years in charge, Zinédine Zidane has scrapped Clairefontaine’s “blue carpet” and closed the players’ arrival to photographers and journalists.
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Van Bommel calls De Bruyne Belgium’s greatest ever, Marcel puts his paper down
After the Red Devils’ win over Italy, his first match in charge, Mark van Bommel rated Kevin De Bruyne better than at the World Cup and called him the best player in…
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Zidane picks four France captains, Marcel remembers just one armband
For his first match on Friday against Turkey, Zinédine Zidane named four captains by seniority with the Blues: Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Adrien Rabiot and Jules Koundé.
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Mbappé Gives Interview After Interview for the Ballon d’Or, Freddy Does Too
Kylian Mbappé spoke out again on Tuesday, this time to RFI and The Athletic, to defend his case for the Ballon d’Or 2026 after AS and France Football. The trophy will be…
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Mbappé points out the Ballon d’Or is an individual award, and Marcel takes note
Kylian Mbappé, 27, is up for the Ballon d’Or for the ninth time without ever having won it. Speaking to L’Équipe and AS, he answers those who hold last season’s lack of…
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Mbappé’s On football boot not before 2027, Freddy offers up pitch 2
On, the Swiss running brand that currently sells no football boot at all, is developing its first one with Kylian Mbappé. Nothing from the On Football range, boots or clothing, will go…