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    ‘This is a team with issues!’ Is Kylian Mbappe carrying France at the World Cup? | ESPN FC
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    ‘This is a team with issues!’ Is Kylian Mbappe carrying France at the World Cup? | ESPN FC



    ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens dive into France’s win vs. Poland in the last 16 of the World Cup. Juls explains why there were still some issues for the French despite their 3-1 win.

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    2. Jean-Yves Martin on

      ESPN in general constantly trying to pick a beef with France …..and Pulisic was going to carry the US to the finals …..,,yeah they have maybe the best player in the world and going to ask him to take a step back so he does not carry the team ?? Ridiculous

    4. fraz6354 on

      People talking in absolutes about this game are idiots. They are two well matched teams more than capable of beating each other. It just depends how it goes on the day. The game could easily be decided by a bit of luck for one team.

    5. Triple X on

      Mbappe carry who and what??? The guy is benefiting from Greizmann, Raboit, Tchuoameni and Dembelé's work. Never ever compare Mbappe with MESSI…Just becuz he has more goals doesn't make him into the talk of GOATs.

    8. Kip Smithers on

      Yeah let’s downplay Griezmann’s significance, Dembele’s threat, Giroud’s 18 yard box presence, Hernandez dynamism and Tchouameni calmness. Yeah all Mbappe though.

    9. Dan Chan on

      Mbappe is the best player at 23. Better than messi and cr7 and r9 at the same age.
      No comparisons, he is on the way to break all records. It is unsettling how a new talent burst onto the scene as messi and cr7 fades. Mbappe will outshine them in 3 years time.

    11. Jock Odd Sock on

      Question is, how does France keep Kane, Foden, Saka, Bellingham, Rashford and Grealish quiet for 90 minutes? Then there's Sterling if he returns to the squad, Maddison, Mount, Trent Alexander-Arnold plus Henderson.

    14. Thimothy Kasozi on

      It’s not that no one believed in mbappe, but it’s you the media who are trying to keep him down, even last World Cup he had to be the player of the tournament, but they hid it through giving him the youngest player

    23. J k on

      Brazil will DESTROY the France team after what I’ve seen yesterday oh man oh man Mbappe goes home Neymar will destroy u bro 😂😂😂

    26. Kristoff Samm on

      Seems to be a trend all over now that everyone is so convinced Mbappe is the only French threat. England haven’t won anything since 1966 but all of a sudden they’re better than France in almost every position? Please, if they key in on Mbappe, there are other talented players that can exploit the spaces created.

    29. refi gee on

      Pundits are strange sometimes. What exactly is the expectation here? for Rabiot and Tchouameni to be scoring worldies. France isn't dependent on Mbappe. It's a team sport and everyone is doing their job well with the front 2 scoring goals and the midfield attacking and defending well. Same for the defense. They seem to be so focused on the goal scorers they forget there's a whole team of 10 more players behind who make that goal a possibility and who ensure the leads are defended well to earn a win.

    30. Mario Farias on

      Marcotti just deal with it. Italy won't win the WC in about 40 or 50 years. They don't have the quality. Don't envy France because it develops more talented players. Name an italian player who's a the top-30 in the world?

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