Olivier Giroud complained on Tuesday that he did not have many "good balls" to negotiate before his double against Bulgaria.

Mbappé felt targeted by this remark.

This Sunday in front of the press he said he was "a little affected" and would have preferred that these criticisms be made in the locker room. 

Kylian Mbappé would have "preferred" that Olivier Giroud reproaches him "in the locker room" and not "in the press" after the friendly against Bulgaria, said Sunday the Parisian striker who, if he was "affected "by this episode, no longer wants to" make a big deal out of it ".

"I wanted to come on Thursday (to a press conference) to explain myself, after we spoke with the coach, it was not the best time. He decided that the best time was today so I obeyed and I came today ", first explained the striker of Paris SG in the amphitheater of Clairefontaine.

"The France team remains the most important"

Tensions have arisen this week between the two players.

Mbappé felt targeted by a statement from Giroud who, after the match on the

L'Equipe

channel

, complained on Tuesday that he did not have many "good balls" to negotiate before his double.

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"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 the France team remains the most important. We have a great competition and this is not. is not little trifle that will disrupt our preparation, "he continued.

Not bothered "more than that"

Relaunched by the journalists present, Mbappé said that Giroud's statement did not "bother him more than that" on the merits. But "it's more to take him out publicly. I saw him in the locker room, I went to congratulate him on his goals and he didn't say anything to me and then I found out in the press."

"I would have preferred him to come and be even much more virulent. (...) In the locker room if I have something to say to someone I'll tell him and it stays in the locker room, I have no problem, "said the 22-year-old world champion. In any case, he continued, "I do not want that to disturb the team. We will already have very difficult events, we do not need to put sticks in the wheels". The France team plays its first Euro match on Tuesday in Munich against Germany.