Kylian Mbappé: Euro 2021 was France’s least united side of his time | OneFootball

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·15 Juni 2026

Kylian Mbappé: Euro 2021 was France’s least united side of his time

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"I think, given the mood, we would not have won. It might have been our most talented team for some time, but it was the worst atmosphere I have known with France, the moment the team were the least united since I joined."

Speaking to Le Parisien, he reflected on the last-16 defeat by Switzerland at Euro 2021, 3-3 after extra time and 5-4 on penalties, which ended Didier Deschamps’s side’s campaign at the first knockout stage.


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Asked by Warren-Zaïre Emery which moment of his career he would relive, Mbappé put Euro 2021 at the very bottom.

That tournament also saw the surprise return of Karim Benzema, a dispute over social media visuals, scrutiny of the Mbappé-Giroud relationship, and Ousmane Dembélé’s injury-enforced departure, episodes that shook the squad.

"It was felt within the group. We talk about it often among the players, and maybe it did not show from the outside."

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