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EM 2021: Germany’s first opponent – trouble in France’s attack

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Mbappé angered by Giroud’s double goal scorer

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Unsuccessful approach: Olivier Giroud (r.) And Kylian Mbappé

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Shortly before the start of the European Championship, a conflict apparently broke out in the French national team. Superstar Mbappé and strike partner Giroud clashed. Giroud has apologized, but Mbappé is still upset.

When even half as much is true of what the French media claim to have found out, then the German opponent France’s first opponent, Kylian Mbappé, is at the center of a smoldering dispute.

It was first tried to smile away at him. “The only tension we have is in the back and legs. The physiotherapists are there to give us a good massage and to relieve all of this tension, ”joked midfielder Paul Pogba – and smiled. Mbappé would “know all French people, they know his qualities. He does amazing things at his age. I don’t feel any tension. We really have laughter, music and massages ”.

But apparently, as reported by “L’Equipe” among others, there were clear discrepancies between music and massages. Blown out by Oliver Giroud.

Mbappé wanted the conflict to escalate further

The 34-year-old attacker came into play at the EM dress rehearsal a few days ago against Bulgaria because Karim Benzema had to be replaced after being hit on the right leg. At the front, France’s coach Didier Deschamps had planned that behind Antoine Griezmann as striker, Mbappé and Benzema would form the offensive trio.

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For the chemistry in the team, the composition would probably be better, because Giroud criticized after the 3-0 that he was hardly ever alluded to in offensive actions. “Sometimes you do the runs and the ball doesn’t arrive,” said Giroud. That was the stumbling block.

You couldn’t quite leave it there, because the striker who played for Chelsea scored two goals in the game and thus became the oldest double scorer in the history of the French national team. But he couldn’t do the trick on his own, and Mbappé in particular didn’t want to let it sit on him.

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He is said to have been so upset that he wanted to give his own press conference on the subject. National coach Deschamps, it was reported, was just able to keep him from doing so. Instead, he suggested a conversation between the two brawlers in order to resolve the dispute.

Giroud is said to have apologized for his allegations at the peace summit, but apparently not able to convince Mbappé. It was stuck through that on Thursday Giroud stepped up angrily towards Giroud, even the hug after the team meeting was carried out on his side with a rather frosty expression and apparently his mood did not improve afterwards.

For the game against Germany in Munich on Tuesday (9 p.m., in the sports ticker at WELT), coach Deschamps found his formation in the back and in the middle. The 3-0 win against Bulgaria was the fourth game without conceding a goal, the last time France saw it in 2008. In front of a back four with extremely high outside, three central midfielders form a stable block. “We’re where we need to be,” Deschamps said. It is only about the fine-tuning – and now also about the gross disgruntlement among his attackers.

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All games, dates and results can be found in our 2021 European Championship schedule (also as a PDF to print out).

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