“I am devastated by the penalty. I wanted to help the team, but I failed, “said the forward amid sadness for missing the penalty that cost France the elimination of the European Championship 2020
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Saturday, November 16
Mbappe: “It is very difficult to turn the page”
Kylian Mbappe , which missed the penalty that meant the elimination of France from the Eurocup 2018 , admitted that “It is very difficult to turn the page.”
Paris Saint Germain striker took the last shot in the penalty shoot-out and was cleared by goalkeeper Yann Sommer , with which Switzerland achieved qualification for the quarterfinals, in which they will face Spain on Friday, and left the French team in the gutter.
# Penalties The big figure failed him! Mbappé misses his penalty and Switzerland to the Quarterfinals. 😱
Sommer guessed and eliminates the favorite! 🥵 # FRA : ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ # SUI : ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ # FRA 4 -5 # SUI # EuroTUDN I # VeranoDeCampeones I #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/ REI 78 jxtqX
– TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA ) June 06, 2021
“The sadness is immense after this elimination, no we were able to achieve our goal. I am devastated by the penalty. I wanted to help the team, but I failed “, he said in a message posted on his social networks after the meeting.
“ It will be difficult to sleep, but these are, unfortunately, the vagaries of this sport how much I like it “, said the French striker, world champion in Russia 2018.
– Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) June 28, 2021
In his message he indicates that he knows that the fans will be “disappointed”, but he thanks them for their support and for believing in the team. “ The most important thing will be to get up even stronger for the next few years. Congratulations and good luck to Switzerland “, he concludes.
In relation to the failure, team Didier Deschamps came to the defense of the attacker and stated that no There is nothing to criticize him.
With information from EFE.
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