Faced with an opponent much weaker than them, the Blues have largely and logically imposed themselves against Kazakhstan, Saturday, November 13 (8-0). With eight goals, the France team delighted its audience at the Parc des Princes, the garden of Kylian Mbappé, author of a quadruplet. The players in the game were of course delighted to be able to defend their title in Qatar at the end of 2022.
“It looks like a perfect night. The goal was to qualify, but on top of that there is the manner. The players enjoyed playing together, everyone had their piece of the pie.”Said Didier Deschamps, all smiles, at the microphone of M6 at the end of the meeting. Its players are necessarily satisfied to have gone to get their ticket for the World Cup: “We put on the show, we had fun and I think the spectators too. The most important thing is really the qualification, we wanted to give ourselves the chance to defend our title”, added Kylian Mbappé, author of a quadruplet.
The Parisian player became the first French to score four goals in the same game in the blue jersey since Just Fontaine, in 1958. “I have always said that I wanted to write the history of my country, I try to do it little by little and we will have to continue at the World Cup”, he declared at the microphone of the channel L’Équipe.
DIRECTION TO QATAR ✈️
Memorable evening for a deserved qualification.
A big thought for all the families of the victims 11.13.15.
And also a great pride to join the legend J. Fontaine with this quadruplet. # KYLI4N pic.twitter.com/njHbgWJBCN– Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) November 13, 2021
Like him, Karim Benzema has also written a new beautiful page in his history with the France team, and could participate in a second World Cup. With his double, he becomes the fifth top scorer in the history of the national team (35 goals) and dislodges David Trezeguet: “I’m very proud because Trezeguet is a legend. But the most important thing is to win and participate in the victory. With Kylian, we showed that we were compatible and that we could have fun on the pitch. of soccer”.
Barely a few minutes after the final whistle, the spirits of the Blues were already turned towards the World Cup: “It’s always a source of pride to qualify. In this year 2021, we had three goals and we had ten minutes of distraction this summer. But before and after, the France team has proven its quality. Now, we is in Qatar, which is a very good thing, even if the statistics of the defending champions are not good “, joked Didier Deschamps at the microphone of M6.
Recently integrated into the French workforce, Jules Koundé hopes to be part of the trip: “I am very happy for the qualification and now I will do everything with my club and with the Blues to be able to play in the World Cup next year”. Kylian Mbappé should meanwhile, barring a cataclysm, be part of the list of players who will fly to the Middle East: “We’re going to prepare well, it’s a unique chance to play in a team that can win it”, he said, already ambitious.