“Even when Kylian Mbappé is not there, you ask questions about him,” said Didier Deschamps, before France-Ireland (2-0). Journalists will still have to wait to speak directly to the captain of the France team. Mbappé will in fact not be present at a press conference this Monday at 4:30 p.m., in Dortmund, on the eve of the friendly match between Germany and the Blues. Vice-captain, Antoine Griezmann will accompany the coach in front of the microphones.
If Hugo Lloris was still on duty for the press conferences the day before the match, the selections have no obligation to send their captain to the journalists on D-1. Mbappé also immediately indicated, after his appointment, that he would not lend himself to this exercise with the same assiduity as his predecessor.