French Vs Croatia, Paul Pogba Praise Mbappe Maturity

French midfielder Paul Pogba praised his team-mate Kylian Mbappe’s glorious appearance at the 2018 World Cup. According to him, the Paris Saint-Germain player has managed to show his maturity on the pitch despite being only 19 years old.

“Kyky is young, we all know that, but on the pitch he is not a young player anymore,” Pogba said on Thursday, July 12, 2018.

By collecting three goals and often a mainstay for the French when a counterattack, now Mbappe has managed to bring the Les Blues team to compete in the 2018 World Cup final that will be held on Sunday night.

In the match against Croatia, Pogba said that Mbappe has had ambitions to win the game. “That ambition is not bad, he is entitled to ambition, I think that is a good thing to do at his current age,” said the Manchester United player.

Pogba also mentioned, Mbappe also can learn from his experience to be able to compete in the World Cup class event at a very young age. Although according to him, in the field, Mbappe already looks very mature.

“He looks very mature for his age players, he understands things that I do not understand when I am at his age,” said 25-year-old player.

The same thing was also delivered by the French striker Oliver Giroud. According to 31-year-old player, this time the World Cup like a chance for Mbappe, as a young star, to be able to shine. After the mega stars, such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, had to get knocked out early.
“In football lately, we have never seen such talent, and Mbappe can still develop his talent continuously,” Giroud said. “He’s a rough gem, and we have to keep polishing it constantly.”

courtesy : tempo.co
photo : Piala Dunia 2018 – Tempo.co

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