Kylian Mbappe: My Euro was a failure


No
player
has
had
as
many
attempts
at
Euro
2024
as
Kylian
Mbappe
(24,
one
penalty
goal).
Cristiano
Ronaldo
failed
to
score
from
his
23
attempts.
Photo
credit:
PA

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France
captain
Kylian
Mbappe
has
made
an
honest
confession
about
his
performance
at
the
Euro
2024
following
France’s
disappointing
exit.

Les
Bleus’
journey
came
to
an
end
with
a
2-1
defeat
to
Spain
in
the
semi-finals
on
Tuesday.

The
former
Paris
Saint-Germain
forward
was
unable
to
lead
the
French
national
team
to
the
final
after
two
quick-fire
goals
from
Lamine
Yamal
and
Dani
Olmo
overturned
Randall
Kolo
Muani’s
opening
goal
for
Les
Bleus.

Mbappe
offered
a
candid
assessment
of
his
performances
at
the
Euros
after
the
match
against
Spain.

“In
football,
you’re
good
or
not
good.
I
wasn’t
good,”
he
said.

“My
Euro
was
a
failure.
I
wanted
to
be
the
European
champion.
I
will
now
go
on
holiday;
I
will
rest
well,
it
will
do
me
a
lot
of
good,
and
then
I
will
get
ready
to
start
a
new
life.
There’s
a
lot
to
do”.

The
French
international
scored
just
one
goal
in
five
appearances
at
the
Euro
2024,
which
came
from
a
spot
kick
against
Poland
in
the
group
stages.

Mbappe’s
drought
in
front
of
goal
largely
describes
the
goal
scoring
form
of
the
French
team
at
the
competition
having
failed
to
score
from
open
play
before
the
semi-final
clash.

The
defeat
to
Spain
marks
the
end
of
the
road
for
Les
Blues’
campaign
in
Germany.
Since
the
European
Football
Championships
do
not
feature
a
third-place
playoff.