December 29th in the end of the current round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain 2-1 victory over Strasbourg, Mbappe penalty shootout. Mbappe was interviewed by reporters after the match and talked about the match and the World Cup.
Did you keep in touch with Paris during the World Cup?
“of course, we exchanged views with the coaching team and senior management on the whole World Cup to understand what is best for the team and us. We also communicated before the World Cup final and I said that no matter what the result was, I would return to the team because I was in good form and I wanted to continue to play instead of going on holiday right away. We have important games to play and the coach says no problem. ”
Which is more stressful than the last-minute penalty in this game or the penalty in the World Cup final?
“there’s a lot of pressure (laughing). This is a different scene, a different mood. We lost the World Cup and we know that penalty shootouts can make you succeed or defeat you. ”
Can you digest the pain of losing the World Cup final?
“I don’t think it will ever be digested. Now, as I told the coach and teammates, our failure has nothing to do with Paris, Paris is not responsible for our failure. Now I try to get back to the team in the best possible form and keep playing as positive as possible. Our performance may not be very high in this game, but I always believe that as long as we work hard, we will get something. I know we can turn things around and that is what we did in the second half of the game and we are happy about it. ”