Almost a year after the elimination in the eighth of Euro 2020 against Switzerland (3-3, 4-5 on tab), the penalty missed by Kylian Mbappé remains in everyone's memory.
And especially in that of Noël Le Graët.
In an interview with
the Sunday newspaper
, the president of the Federation assures that the episode strongly marked the number 10 of the Blues, who would then have questioned his future in selection.
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He found that the Federation had not defended him after his missed penalty and the criticism on the networks.
He no longer wanted to play for the France team
, ”says the president of the “3F”, questioned on the sidelines of the Federal Assembly of the institution in Nice this Friday.
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A statement that provoked the reaction of the principal concerned.
“
I explained to him above all well that it was in relation to racism and NOT to the penalty
, made a point of specifying Mbappé on Twitter, without denying having thought of putting his international career on hold.
But he considered that there had been no racism…
”
A new stone in the garden of the Breton president, with whom relations have not been good since the imbroglio born of the negotiations concerning image rights.
A subject on which “NLG” was able to discuss with the entourage of the crack of Bondy at the end of May.
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