At 24, Kylian Mbappé has already achieved many goals in football and this Friday, in the clash at the Stade de France between France and the Netherlands to qualify for the next Euro Cup, he will achieve another milestone in his meteoric career by becoming the captain of the blue team, according to the newspaper L’Équipe.
If the information from the French newspaper is confirmed, the striker will collect the bracelet left by Hugo Lloris, retired from the national team after the conclusion of the last World Cup in Qatar on December 18. By stripes, Raphaël Varane, who was second captain, was going to inherit the role of the goalkeeper, but the defender also closed his stage in the national team after the final in Doha.
France, which started as current champion on Qatari soil, lost the final on penalties against Argentina despite Mbappé’s three goals between regulation time and extra time, two of them from penalties. The Parisian completed his individual exhibition without a prize transforming his launch from eleven meters.
Lloris left the national team being the player with the most games played in the history of the French team, a total of 145 between 2008 and 2022. The PSG man will take over from the goalkeeper with 66 international caps behind him, almost half that Antoine Griezman. The man from Atlético, who has played 117 games with France, was the other candidate to be captain, according to L’Équipe.
The French coach, Didier Deschamps, did not confirm Mbappé’s captaincy on Monday in his appearance before the media, but acknowledged that Bondy’s was one of the candidates. The coach assured that he would speak with the players in the coming days at the Clairefontaine complex to finish making the decision.
Mbappé, who is the second captain of PSG, already wore the armband with France on one occasion. Given the absences of Lloris and Varane against Denmark last September, in a UEFA Nations League match, Griezmann made his debut as the captaincy. But the Little Prince was substituted in the second half and gave that honor to Mbappé.
