Kylian Mbappe mentioned Sunday he dreamed of successful the World Cup for a second time after his brace helped France to a 3-1 win over Poland which superior the holders to the quarter-finals in Qatar.
“Of course, this World Cup is an obsession for me, it’s the competition of my dreams,” mentioned the 23-year-old who burst onto the worldwide stage by starring when France gained the title in Russia 4 years in the past.
“I have built my season around this competition and around being ready both physically and mentally for it.
“I wanted to come here ready and so far things are going well, but we are still a long way from the objective we set and that I set.”
The Paris Saint-Germain famous person now has 5 targets in simply 4 video games on the match and is already France’s second-top scorer ever on the World Cup with 9 targets in 11 appearances general.
Only Just Fontaine, who scored an unimaginable 13 occasions on the 1958 match in Sweden, has extra World Cup targets for France.
However Mbappe insisted he was not bothered concerning the prospect of successful the Golden Ball for the match’s greatest participant.
“The only objective for me is to win the World Cup which means now to win the quarter-final,” mentioned Mbappe, who additionally arrange the opening aim in opposition to Poland for Olivier Giroud.
“That is what I am dreaming of. I didn’t come here to win the Golden Ball. That is not why I am here. I am here to win and help the French national team.”
While the veteran Giroud netted his 52nd worldwide aim to maneuver previous Thierry Henry and change into France’s all-time prime scorer, Mbappe was as soon as once more France’s excellent participant.
Mbappe insisted he was not bothered concerning the prospect of successful the Golden Ball for the match’s greatest participant
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He had been named man of the match in France’s opening two wins over Australia and Denmark solely to shun his post-match media duties, exposing the French Football Federation to a advantageous from FIFA because of this.
However, this time he confirmed as much as converse to reporters.
“There were lots of people wondering why I was not speaking but it was nothing personal against the journalists,” he mentioned.
“I just needed to concentrate on my competition and when I need to focus it needs to be at 100 percent. I can’t lose energy on other things.
“That is why I didn’t speak before. I have learnt that the federation is going to get a fine but I have promised personally to pay it.”