In the documentary broadcast Tuesday evening on TF1, "Thank you les Bleus", we see Kylian Mbappé and Steve Mandanda speak to re-motivate their teammates at half-time in the final against Argentina.
“We can come back”, says Mbappé in particular, when Mandanda considers it “possible” to turn the situation around.
"We can't do worse!
It's a World Cup final!
“ Kylian Mbappé sounded the revolt in the locker room at half-time in the final of the World Cup-2022 against Argentina, who then led 2-0, dominating the apathetic Blues.
Until then in the competition, the executives Raphaël Varane, Olivier Giroud and to a lesser extent Hugo Lloris had been those who encouraged their young partners, according to the images of the documentary "Thank you the Blues", broadcast Tuesday evening on TF1 and which retraces the epic of the French team in Qatar.
"It's something like this every four years"
But, while the dream of a third star seems well compromised, it is Kylian Mbappé, 23, who sounds the revolt: “It's a World Cup guys, it's the match of a lifetime!
Anyway, we can't do worse than what we did.
We return to the field: either we let them play stupid, or we put a little intensity, we get into the duels and we do something else guys.
It's a World Cup final!
We are trailing by two goals.
We can come back!
Oh guys, it's something like this every four years, ”he says to his teammates.
Kylian Mbappé's speech at France-Argentina half-time captured by TF1 cameras!
“It's the match of a lifetime, we can't do worse!
💥🗣️
pic.twitter.com/OtrTMEJdJI
– Hadrien Grenier (@hadrien_grenier) December 20, 2022
Access to this content has been blocked to respect your choice of consent
By clicking on "
I ACCEPT
", you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners
I ACCEPT
And to better remunerate 20 Minutes, do not hesitate to accept all cookies, even for one day only, via our "I accept for today" button in the banner below.
More information on the Cookie Management Policy page.
In the process, it is the dean of the Blues, the substitute goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, who, from the top of his 37 years, gives voice.
“Now guys it's done, we lose 2-0.
We've all done it once, turn the game around.
And it is possible.
But you have to go on the field with another state of mind, guys.
It's not possible to do that!
»
“They are playing a fucking World Cup final”
Coach Didier Deschamps, who has already made two substitutions even before half-time, takes the floor, visibly overwhelmed.
“Guys I'll tell you without getting upset.
Do you know the difference?
It's because they, over there, are playing a fucking World Cup final and we're not playing it!
»
The rest is a French team which returns to the field with more conviction and commitment until obtaining a penalty which Kylian Mbappé will convert in the 80th minute.
The first goal of his historic hat-trick which will make the final, lost by the Blues on penalties (3-3 after, 4-2 on pens), go down in history.
Sport
PSG: Kylian Mbappé already back in training, just three days after the defeat in the final
Sport
2022 World Cup: The Argentinian goalkeeper parades with a baby doll bearing the image of Mbappé
World Cup 2022
Sport
Soccer
Final
Kylian Mbappe
Speech
Steve Mandanda