I don't understand the talk about him having a bad tournament. Two of Frances three goals against Switzerland were Mbappe assists or hockey assists. If the french hadn't gotten arrogant they would be in the quarters now having won 3-1, hardly a fault of Mbappe. But I do agree he felt the pressure, I knew as soon as he picked up the ball he would miss his penalty. It was obvious beforehand he was desperate to break his duck. But he was in no way shape or form bad, the opposing team had to always stay honest when defending against him.
It's just that we expect a 22 year old to carry PSG, France and the mantle of best in the world post Messi & Ronaldo but it's a much to heavy burden for some one that young (who wrongly feels he needs to be the savior).
Brazilian Ronaldo collapsed at 21 in the 1998 final, Maradona at 22 saw red as his Argentina crashed out of the tournament in 1982, Cristiano Ronaldo at 23 missed a decisive penalty in the Champions League final in 2008, Messi at 23 scored 0 goals in the 2010 World Cup as Argentina were trashed 4-0 by Germany.
If Mbappe is anything like the rest of the lot he will find new resolve and perhaps learn to calm down before it's his turn in Euro 2024 and WC 2026 when he is 26-28 and able to carry the burden. The pressure in this tournament (and the WC 2022) should have been on Pogba, Griezmann, Benzema, Kante, Varane - experienced players.
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And don't give me this cr*p about comparing Mbappe to Henry. That's a Premier League-centred view, I understand, but Henry was at best a 9/10 together with other greats like Eto'o or Figo. Then you have your inbetweeners like Suarez or Ibrahimovic at 9.5/10. Mbappe and Haaland can reach 10/10 if they can sustain - prime brazilian Ronaldo, Xavi, Zidane, Iniesta level. I don't want to speak about the two aliens who might have broken the chart.