K. Mbappe: we also know how to be cunning and play "dirty"

2026-07-05 10:12 © scanpix

The French are triumphing. One of the favorites of the World Championship has already reached the quarterfinal stage, defeating Paraguay 1:0 last night.

The match, despite the enormous advantage of the Europeans in controlling the ball, was not easy.

This was also mentioned after the match by the French team's sniper Kylian Mbappé.

"We knew what kind of match awaited us. We are very pleased with how we played and how we controlled it.

We showed that we are not a team that only plays attacking football. If we need to play tough and not very beautifully, we can do that too."

Paraguayans hoped that we would come onto the field like in a tuxedo – demonstrating beautiful combinations and playing with one or two touches.

But we also know how to be clever, waste time, provoke, and play "dirty" when needed.

That's exactly what we did today – even in this aspect of the game, we were better than them and achieved victory," said K. Mbappé.