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France-Morocco: Mbappé-Hakimi, great duel between friends

2022-12-13T18:16:52.386Z


STORY – Teammates and accomplices at PSG, the French winger and the Moroccan side compete for a place in the World Cup final.


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A game within the game.

Kylian Mbappé will be directly opposed to a right-back he knows perfectly, "

a top player in the world in his position

", according to Walid Regragui, coach of Achraf Hakimi.

The French striker and the Moroccan side are not only teammates at PSG, but also two friends who are always stuck together, like Mbappé's visit to the Moroccan team's hotel at the start of last week, during of the day of rest granted to the French.

Inseparable.

A "bromance" that began with the arrival in Paris of the Moroccan international (59 caps, 8 goals) in the summer of 2021, from Inter Milan (68 M€), the striker of the Blues (64 caps , 33 goals) having been one of the first to help him, integrate him, in a locker room where the South American colony has long ruled the roost.

The native of Madrid, trained at Real Madrid, is indeed Spanish-speaking, and it has not escaped anyone that the tricolor world champion masters the language of Cervantes.

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Source: lefigaro

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