Trouble in paradise? Mbappe furious afer Giroud post match comments

Just as Karim Benzema settled into the French squad and all the media hype calmed down days before the start of EURO, an unlikely distraction has hit the Les Bleus camp. After a comfortable win over Bulgaria 3-0, and a Benzema injury scare (the players was subbed due to injury in the 41st minute), Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud stirred the pot with his post match comments, nearly provoking an angry response from his teammate Kylian Mbappe.

When Benzema hurt his knee and had to come out, Giroud came in and scored two goals, which put’s him within five goals of Thierry Henry's all-time France record. But, that was not good enough for the former Arsenal man, who complained in an interview that he didn’t had enough balls passed at him.

„Discreet? It’s because sometimes we go shopping, but the balloons don’t arrive. Afterwards, I do not pretend to always make the right calls, but I did my best to give solutions in the area. So, with two good balls from Ben Pavard and Wissam Ben Yedder, I was able to finish well, but we could have scored more goals if we had been more efficient. You say that I was not seen much at the beginning, but maybe we could have been better. But I am very happy to have been able to help the team. there is no bitterness, don't worry“ said Giroud after a question of his discretion in the field.

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French coach Didier Deschamps quickly tried to shoot down the topic, saying that every players complains about the other part of the team.

„The attacker says: "I am making runs, but it's on the midfield." The midfielders will say that it is on the attackers. Sometimes, the pass isn't forthcoming, sometimes it is down the movement. But this is not a stigmatisation of Kylian or whoever. I spoke to him at half-time too, he explained about Kylian Mbappé and his shift to the left. Olivier does not have the same profile as Karim. He has a more axial position, of pivot“ said former Olympique coach.

But, the damage was done. Mbappe was very angry with Giroud’s comments, per L’ Equipe, in fact so angry that he asked his coach to allow him to be the one to speak to the media on Thursday’s press conference. Luckily for the French squad and Giroud, Deschamps was experienced enough to deny him the request. France team needs to overcome any issues and ego’s quickly, as they are in a group of ’death’ with Germany and Portugal, and need no distraction.