With the French team now qualified for the 2026 World Cup, Kylian Mbappé intends to see things big next summer.
This time, the Blues will see America. Twenty-two years after the resounding failure of the French team in the race for the 1994 World Cup, Didier Deschamps’ men have validated their ticket for the American World Cup which will take place next summer in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Opposed to Ukraine at the Stade de France, the reigning world vice-champions won 4-0, notably with a double from Kylian Mbappé. The French captain did not shy away from his pleasure after the match when discussing this qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
“We must not trivialize the fact of going to the World Cup, even if I know that in recent years it has been the norm, he confided in front of the microphones in remarks relayed by RMC. And we are aware that it is normal for a team like ours to go to the World Cup. But we must not trivialize it, because in the history of the France team, that has not always been the case. And we are going to go there to represent the French as best as possible. »
“We’re going to the semi-final, we stop, we go back”
And for Kylian Mbappé, who will play his third World Cup after the coronation of 2018 and the final lost on penalties against Argentina in 2022, the objective is clear: to win a new star. To this end, the Madrilenian castigated those who are aiming for the last four.
“I don’t understand this semi-final thing. If the goal is semi-final, do we go to the semi-final, do we stop, do we go back? No, the goal is to win, he asserted. It’s everyone’s dream. Some will be choosy and say, if they don’t win, ‘we said semi-final’. But for us, the objective is to win. The dream is to win. We know it’s going to be very difficult and we’re preparing for that. »
