“I told Deschamps that I felt bad, that I was too tired”
Kylian Mbappe He tried but failed to score in the quarter-final against Portugal. The Frenchman left little sparkle examples of his strength in the racebut he didn’t shine in the match against the Portuguese. Deschamps admitted after the meeting that he saw him tiredwhich was confirmed by the player himself, who replaced him in extra time.
Kilian was happy man to reach the semi-finals. “It’s exciting, we’re very happy! It’s very difficult to repeat performances when you’re in the last four, we’re still there. We’ll try to recover and prepare little by little for the game against Spain.”
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On his departure in extra time
“We spoke to the coach at the end of regulation time. We said we would try. In the middle of extra time I told him I felt bad, that I was too tired. There was a change.”
About Blues’ performance
“It’s hard to answer, we’re euphoric. We’ll analyze the performance tomorrow. I won’t lie, but in the locker room we didn’t really think about the fact that we didn’t score. But it’s clear that we have to continue to analyze it, while maintaining our defensive stability. But we’re going to continue to analyze all of this.”
Spain is a great team
About Spain, the semi-final opponent
“They are a great team. We saw a little bit of the game (against Germany), but not all of it. They are used to playing semi-finals and playing under pressure. We played a good game in the second round. We will play a good game in the quarter-finals, in the semi-finals, and I hope we win. Spain is a great team with great players.