Kylian Mbappé, captain of the French national team, commented on their loss in Sunday's match to determine third place in the FIFA World Cup against their counterpart the England national team.
Miami Stadium hosted the match between the French and English teams, as part of the World Cup competitions to determine third place, where the Roosters lost six goals to four.
Mbappé said, in statements published by the French "rmc" network: "The two halves of the match were different, in the first half I understand some saying that it was a joke and that we did not respect the team's jersey, we were more human, we were completely shocked, they succeeded in waking us up".
He added: "In the second half we returned to being high-class players, Alain mentality that ignores emotions, we succeeded in doing what we do, scoring, but in the end we did not win, the matter is more disappointing for the coach".
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He continued: "We wanted to do something for him, but unfortunately the first half left an impression that we let him down, but this was not what we wanted, this is football, we want to thank the coach for all he has given, this match will not tarnish Deschamps' legend".
Regarding his scoring two goals and his rise in the list of top scorers of that edition and the historical scorers of the tournament, he said: "Certainly Messi will score, I am only trying to help my team win, when you score many goals in the World Cup, that helps you develop in certain aspects".
He concluded: "I would have preferred not to be the historical top scorer and to play the final match, it is a good thing in terms of legacy, but it is not the first thing I think about today".
