Mbappe's First Interview After France's Defeat to Spain - France 0-2 Spain

Kylian, thank you so much for your time. The big question, what has made Spain such a challenging opponent for France? I think it was difficult for us because tactically we had a plan to go for them under pressure, to go one against one, to don't let them lead the tempo of the game, to don't let them play in the way they want to play because of course it's a team who love to have the control of the game, the control of the ball and that's what we let them do. We let the midfield have too much time to play and at the end of the day they have quality to play so at the end it's difficult when you don't change the plan of Spain. And after they had a penalty I think it does help also to come in the game and after the score second goal in the second half and we didn't be at the level to go to the final. I know how much pressure you put on yourself. How would you evaluate your night? Oh, of course. At the end of the day, you know, you take all the glory when you win. When you don't win you have to, sorry, to take a s**t. At the end it's part of the game, it's part of my game, it's part of my life and as a captain I have to take all the responsibility and I have no problem with that. We wanted to go to the final, we didn't go so now we have to go and take what the people do to us. Last thing I know, Klosier with TDA. What words were shared with your manager after tonight's loss? Oh, I think nothing changed about what TDA means for us as French people. As a manager, as a player, he wrote an amazing history. There is one game left for him so we're going to try to play the best game for him because he deserves it and also fans deserve it to have a win and to finish third in this World Cup. Thank you. Rodrigo, congratulations. You guys managed to have a good level of control against one of the most disruptive teams in the world. What was key for that? Collective effort of everyone. I think Spain is growing around the World Cup. I think today we did the best performance so far. I mean, what a team. We faced with all the strength they have in all the lines. All the lines, very, very strong team. They can punish you in every single moment so I think the focus on every single minute was key in this game. Unbelievable effort of everyone. I cannot say a player that was like... It was an unbelievable effort of all the guys that play and the guys who came from the bench always rising the level. Is composure one of the key elements of this team and how did you develop this throughout the years? Yeah, I think I said it in the games before. I think we're showing the character of being so mature in certain moments and in big moments and this is for me the most important thing, to wait your moment in the game, to don't get crazy because they punish you or they make an action or whatever and I think the composure, as you said, is the key of this team. World Cup final, second in Spain's history. What does it mean for this generation to reach a World Cup final? It means a lot. We've only been twice in our history. So difficult to arrive to this moment but we want more. We want to win this World Cup. We need to rest now. Of course, try to see what we can improve because we're going to expect even a tougher game the next one. But yeah, so happy. What was missing today from the performance for France? In so many ways, France was missing everything today. These World Cups only come around every four years, maybe only one for us but truly everything was missing today. Can you explain to me if you remember anything after this World Cup? Is there anything to take away what you remember from this? We'll be back in four years and we won't make the same mistakes. Thank you. Well, it's a dream come true. I couldn't even dream of this. I'm so happy. I'm so happy because of the team's attitude from beginning to end. I think that we did such an amazing game. We gave it our all in order to go through to the final. We knew they were a very tough team that were doing things really well. And this is our team. It's not about me. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel.