About Greece’s game in France, he spoke in an interview with “Sun”. Gustavo Poget. In this he stood on George Baldock, emphasizing how he managed to “silence” Mbappe, playing with a very swollen ankle, the color of which was something between blue and black.
“Against Ireland, after 20 minutes Baldock had a really bad knock on his ankle, really bad. He was very close to being substituted and I asked him if he could last until half-time.” he said first and continued:
“At half-time his ankle was very swollen. He asked for ice and told me to wait five minutes. Finally, he got back on track and had an incredible second half that was up and down, being outstanding.
You can’t imagine the ankle after the game. You wouldn’t imagine it was the next day, but also the moment we arrived in France. He was black and blue, very swollen and for a day and a half he had to play against Mbappe.
90% of people will think there is no way. I kept asking him how he was and he kept saying “coach I’ll be ready, don’t worry”. And he didn’t play 20 minutes, nor 60 minutes, he played 104 minutes because the referee gave 14 minutes of stoppage time.
Those are the people I want, that’s the person I want to have in every team I have. To be able to talk to him. Because the player is there to show how competitive and how strong he is. But you also have to know the personality,” were his words Poget.
Source: Sport Fm
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