• Kylian Mbappé saw his shot on goal stopped Tuesday night by the Swiss goalkeeper, a failure which precipitated the elimination of the Blues in the round of 16 of the Euro.

  • In the past, other footballers have experienced this great moment of distress.

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    , they tell.

Kylian Mbappé first put his hands on his head as if the sky was collapsing on him. He then made a furtive (half-hearted) wave at the referee to signal a possible irregularity from Swiss goalkeeper Sommer. Then he understood. He understood that his shot on goal returned the Blues to France from the stage of the round of 16 of the Euro. The "failure" of the PSG striker will escort from today his life as a talented footballer. For ever. “I'm sorry for this penalty. I wanted to help the team but I failed, ”the player apologized on social networks a few hours later. The failure is resounding, the indelible mark.

Twenty-five years after a lost Euro semi-final against Germany, Gareth Southgate has still not forgotten his missed shot.

“I felt very strongly that I had let down those who had worked so hard by my side.

When I was walking in the street, guys would stick their heads out of their car window to yell insults and it's hard to take, ”the current England coach confided in a podcast last November.

20 Minutes

found three footballers who still bear the responsibility for the defeat or elimination of their team.

Stories.

Maxime Bossis (with the France team, shooting on goal stopped against Germany in the semi-final of the World Cup in 1982 in Seville): "It's a real trauma ..."

“It's a huge feeling of guilt to see that our missed shot eliminates our team. It is the sky that falls on our heads. Me, unlike Kylian [Mbappé], I was not in the top five shooters. This is the only difference. But otherwise, it's true that this France-Switzerland looks like France-Germany, we were also leading 3-1. After failure, the feeling of guilt doesn't just go away. It's a real trauma. The partners may console you ... After that, it happens so often in football and even to very old. Michel Platini also missed it during penalty shootouts. We realize that scoring in a penalty shootout sounds easy, but it's not. You really have to take the psychological pressure into account.I have the feeling that we often even start losing against the goalkeeper who can only achieve the feat in the end. Me, 39 years later, people talk to me every week about France-Germany, and almost every time about my missed shot! We get over it. I was champion behind with Nantes. In the game, there was no problem for me, but, on the other hand, I never took a penalty behind. Never. This is the only trauma I have had. The coaches weren't offering it to me anyway. "Never. This is the only trauma I have had. The coaches weren't offering it to me anyway. "Never. This is the only trauma I have had. The coaches weren't offering it to me anyway. "

Jean-Paul Abalo (with Amiens, shooting on goal stopped against Strasbourg in the final of the Coupe de France in 2001 in Paris): “When I missed, I was dizzy…”

“I didn't even have to shoot, but nobody wanted to. We were all very tired. I didn't want to… When my shot on goal was stopped by Chilavert, my head was upside down, I was dizzy. I immediately thought of the Amiens club [in National at that time], of the supporters… At the time, it was really difficult to bear. We feel a great feeling of guilt: we lost the final and Europe. We had given everything so much in this final. I am often told about this shot on goal… Even here in Togo [he has just finished his term as coach]. People didn't blame me. After the match, we were received at the town hall. A little girl had come to give me a piece of paper on which it was written: "We don't blame you because if we got to the final, it's thanks to you!"This message gave me a lot of strength. My failure will remain in the history of the Amiens club and it will never be taken away from me. "

Manuel Amoros (with Marseille, shot on goal stopped against Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League final in Bari in 1991): "You ask yourself a lot of questions ..."

“I was the first shooter. I should not shoot first but Jean-Pierre Papin withdrew. After that, that's not why I missed it… It's so random. There were four shooters behind me. I was hoping that Pascal Olmeta [OM goalkeeper] would make a save… Unfortunately no. It's long. When it's over, you ask yourself a lot of questions. You tell yourself that you should have shot on the other side and that you should have applied yourself more. To think that it could give a first title of European champion for OM. There is a strong sense of frustration. I had the impression of having lost my team even though I had been elected man of the match… I am told from time to time. It's very French to remember only negative things. Me,we remember that missed shot and my header followed by a red card against Denmark at Euro 1984. "

As a bonus… Nicolas Camus, (20 Minutes journalist from the sports department, shot on goal against Strasbourg in 2008 at the famous inter-school journalism tournament): “Want to vomit and cry”

“1-1 at the end of regulation time. Without thinking too much, I volunteered, surely carried by the memory of my seasons with 50 goals in U11 in the club of my village in Mayenne. I shoot in fourth position. It was 2-2 at that time, and even 3-2 since we were shooting after our opponents. I strike cross, as usual, but not enough and the guard takes it out. My legs start to shake, out of control. Barely enough time to move away, the last Strasbourg shooter rushes forward and puts her to the bottom. Finished. Curtain. I walk back to the middle line, torn between the urge to throw up and cry. It's even worse when a few teammates come and tell me it's nothing. This is the first time that I have lost my team in a sport, and 13 years later, I still imagine another end. It's ridiculous,when you know the ridiculous stake that there was at the end, but the emotions have nothing to do with the level at which you play when you like something. Hopefully not ? "

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