Mbappe: It is best not to complain publicly if professional players lose. They won’t feel the fun until the end of the World Cup.

September 10th, today the French "League" released an exclusive interview with Mbappe. Mbappe talked about the pressure faced by players and how to express them.

Many champions talk about mental health issues. Pogacha had just won his fourth Tour de France and he admitted he had enough. Have you ever felt this burnout?

Mbappe: During international competitions, there is always a moment of boredom. You're locked up for about sixty days. When the World Cup comes, nothing else matters anymore, and trying to escape by watching the latest episodes or TV is also futile. If you turn on the TV, you know people will only talk about this. The first few days were fine, but as the game deepened... I participated in two World Cups and reached the finals both times. Between the semi-finals and the finals, the whole world stopped.

People gathered in front of the hotel, but you stayed here for 60 days, thinking to yourself: This is the most important game in my life, but I really hope it ends soon so that we can know the result and move on.

In those four or five days, you simply couldn't enjoy the fun of the competition. In agitation, there is nothing else but the game, and you have nothing else to do... books, TV series, games, anecdotes of your companions... Yes, we haven't met for sixty days. (He laughed)

Even the people closest to me, those who were with me 24 hours a day... We chat occasionally, but you can feel the atmosphere of "must let it happen". For the last few days, you sat alone in your room, looking at the sky, waiting for time to pass.

But when the game is over, the risks follow—many champions have talked about this naturally occurring mental fatigue, after all, they are ordinary people. The complexity of the problem is that it is difficult for people to accept this. You can't show it. He (Pogacha) didn't say it at the beginning, but he wouldn't say it when he won... If he had said it at the beginning, he would be slammed. However, this is the same emotion. He waited until he had an extremely favorable background and was approaching the peak of victory before he spoke out. And if he loses, will he still say it?

But after the game you may say: Actually, I'm exhausted.

Then I will start playing the guy sitting in the living room. (He started to imitate.) "xxx (swear words), if I had my salary, I would be happy every day!" Bang. This is why sometimes it's best to be patient.

So is this impossible to say?

Mbappe: No. It can be said at home, or when you have the right background. If I win the World Cup and you interview me three days later, I can throw this sentence out. You were almost untouchable at that time. You lose a game, you say this, people will accuse you of saying this because you play poorly. Even if I thought about it before the game, it wouldn’t change anything… The key to communication lies in timing.

But these moments of depressed state will certainly appear at some point.

Mbappe: Anyway, the result will support you...and feeling tired does not mean that you no longer love what you do, I am still crazy about it. The World Cup final, in the United States on July 19, I dreamed of it in the morning, noon and evening, and that date has been circled. We have a great team and I hope we can make it to the finals.