If he is in this state of form on Tuesday against the Germans, our friends from across the Rhine can already prepare the handkerchiefs.

Present at a press conference in Clairefontaine this Sunday, Kylian Mbappé knew he was eagerly awaited by the media after the episode of the quarrel with Giroud after the match against Wales.

Some would have been on the defensive and would have tried to drown the fish but, it is well known, Kyky never does anything like the others.

Instead, he indulged in a more detailed text explanation.

The Parisian would have even liked to settle it on Thursday, two days after the exit of the Chelsea striker at the microphone of the channel

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, but Deschamps vetoed it.

"He decided that the best moment was today, I obeyed and here I am", he declared in the preamble, before admitting bluntly that Giroud's declaration had not left him. indifferent.

“It's true that I was a little affected by that but we are not going to make a big deal out of it, we are here to represent the France team and that is the most important.

We have a great competition to play and it is not little trifles that will disrupt our preparation, we have a common goal, of which he and I are part.

"

Dirty laundry, family and Giroud

In truth, it was not so much that Giroud decided to empty his bag that tickled Bondy's racing car as the fact that it happened in front of the cameras. We wash our dirty laundry as a family, all that, all that. “I am a striker, he expresses a feeling and this feeling of not being served, I have already known him 365 times per game, he confided. It's more about releasing it publicly. I saw him in the locker room, congratulated him on his goals and he didn't say anything to me. And then I learn it in the press… I would have preferred that he come to see me and limit that it is more virulent. When I have something to say to someone in the locker room, I'll tell them, it's okay, but it stays in the locker room. "

Relaunched by a colleague on the somewhat heavy atmosphere that reigned during the training open to the press on Thursday, the number 10 tricolor did not try to do it backwards, admitting with a small smile that it 's was indeed "a little tense" and that such things can leave traces "if there is no explanation, if something like that is left in the air".

However, there have been explanations and it is high time to move on.

“I don't want this preparation, which started well, to be disturbed by that, we don't need to put our spades in our wheels (…) Besides, we are 48 hours away from a super important match and I'm surprised no one has asked me about the game yet (laughs)!

», He launched to his audience.

“There's no tension, take it easy!

"

The journalist from

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at the origin of the question to Giroud who set fire to the henhouse, however, did not let go, pointing out to Mbappé - without really saying it - that he seemed to be less connected to the Chelsea player than Real. “Basically you imply that I don't want to pass Giroud ?, Mbappé asked him. It is respectful, it's your choice, but I tell you that these are two different profiles. He did not hesitate to argue, just to make things clear once and for all.

“If you compare the number of passes I make to Benzema or Neymar [with PSG] and Giroud, it is sure that I will make fewer passes to Olivier.

But that doesn't mean that I don't watch him, it's just that his profile is different.

Karim comes to win 40 m from the goal to touch balls where Olivier remains in front of the surface.

I think it's a little unhealthy [as a question] because you try to say things without saying them.

"Sitting at his side on the platform of the auditorium of the castle, the press secretary of the Blues must have made a funny face after this frank exchange between the two men since Mbappé wanted to reassure him:" hey, but there has no tension, take it easy!

Okay, next question (laughs)!

".

In Olympic form, we tell you.

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