“We need a ‘scooter’ to catch him,” said Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik when asked this Saturday (3) about the best way to stop the speedy French striker Kylian Mbappé.
France faces Poland in the round of 16 of the Qatar Cup this Sunday (4), at 12h (Brasília time), at the Al Thumama stadium, in Doha.
“How to stop Kylian Mbappé? We need to be fast, we need a ‘scooter’ to chase him”, said, in a joking tone, the Olympique de Marseille player in a press conference. “It’s difficult to play against one of the best in the world. We’ll have to defend as a group, no one can catch him.”
The striker also highlighted the importance of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who saved two penalties in the group stage, one taken by Argentine Messi.
“We’ve known his value for a long time, it’s no coincidence to see him at this level,” said Milik, who is a substitute in coach Czeslaw Michniewicz’s squad.
The Polish coach admitted that his team’s chances are slim against the reigning world champions.
“I looked for weaknesses and couldn’t find them. But all teams have their moments [ruins] in games or make mistakes. We will have to take advantage and put pressure on them at all times to make them,” said Michniewicz.
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