FRANCE-PORTUGAL: “A LEGEND OF THE GAME”, MBAPPÉ EXPRESSES HIS ADMIRATION FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO
The Euro quarter-final between France and Portugal (Friday, at 9pm) is an opportunity for Kylian Mbappé to once again cross paths with his idol, Cristiano Ronaldo. On the eve of the match, this Thursday, the captain of the Blues was extremely complimentary towards the Portuguese.
The stakes of a Euro quarter-final are unlikely to erase all those years of admiration. Present at a press conference this Thursday, on the eve of the France-Portugal match (this Friday, at 9 p.m.), Kylian Mbappé was extremely complimentary towards Cristiano Ronaldo , his idol.
“It’s an honour, everyone knows the admiration I have for the player,” assured the captain of the Blues. “Over time, I’ve had the chance to know him, to speak with him many times. We’re still in touch. He always tries to give me advice, to follow my news. It’s an honour to play against him for everything he’s done in football. He will remain a legend of the game but we hope to win tomorrow to go to the semi-finals.”
“I’m not going to Real to write the rest of Cristiano’s story”
“What do I envy him for? You have to know how to appreciate what he is and what he was, I just want to admire the greatness of the player,” Mbappé continued. “He is a unique player, there will not be two like him. He left his mark on football, he inspired generations. His CV speaks for itself. He knew how to reinvent himself. Respect to him.”
Since his explosion at the highest level, images of Mbappé, still a child, posing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo have gone around the world. An admiration closely linked to the passion of the French striker for Real Madrid , with whom he signed to take over from the Portuguese, player of the Merengue club between 2009 and 2018.
“A passing of the baton? As I said, it is unique, there is only one,” Mbappé insisted on Thursday. “I just want to follow my passage. I am lucky to have the opportunity to live my dream by playing for Real Madrid. But I am not going there to write the rest of Cristiano’s story. What he did there is unique. I also hope to do something unique in Madrid, but it will be completely different.”