Before the match, French captain Kylian Mbappé spoke about his recent issues with wearing a mask and how he believes it makes him a "target" during the game.
"I think if you play with a broken nose and you haven't had a nose job yet, you're a target. I knew what I was signing up for when I decided I wasn't going to come home." and that they were not going to operate on me and that I was going to play," Mbappé said in the pre-match conference.
Mbappé broke his nose in France's first match against Austria when the striker was involved in an aerial collision with Austrian defender Kevin Danso. The injury forced him to miss the match against the Netherlands before returning for the final group match against Poland, where he scored a penalty that was also his first goal in the European Championship.
"I might get a little muscled up and it might hurt. But I'm willing to give everything I can for this jersey and help France go as far as possible. If this means someone is going to punch me in the nose, then that's it." broken," added the French captain.
France entered the tournament as favorites to win it, but the group stage indicated otherwise. Les Blues have only scored two goals in three games, one from a penalty and the other an own goal. It will be up to Mbappé to lead his team against a Belgian fighter.
"When I came back to the locker room, with everything that was happening around me, I thought I was going home. At first it was difficult for me because there was a lot of information, a lot of quotes, I didn't really know." I slept so much. I spent two nights without sleep. And it was very difficult to sit on the bench against Holland knowing that you couldn't help. But fortunately I was able to play against Poland. "added the Real Madrid forward.
Didier Deschamps expects the team to earn a convincing victory over Belgium as they face a tough road to the finals and the team is in dire need of confidence. A win over Belgium would set up a possible quarter-final against Portugal (Portugal faces Slovenia on Tuesday at 12:30 am IST) and a semi-final showdown against the winner of Germany/Spain.
Mbappé also spoke about the difficulties he faces when trying to play with a mask, stating that it is "horrible."
"It's actually horrible, horrible to play with a mask. I keep changing masks because every time there's something that bothers me, there's something that's not quite right. It's quite difficult to play with a mask because it limits your field of vision, you clogs sweat." The first few days I felt like I was wearing 3D glasses. As soon as I can get rid of that mask, I will. But now I have no choice. It's really annoying and I've changed it more than five times," Mbappé concluded.
"I think if you play with a broken nose and you haven't had a nose job yet, you're a target. I knew what I was signing up for when I decided I wasn't going to come home." and that they were not going to operate on me and that I was going to play," Mbappé said in the pre-match conference.
Mbappé broke his nose in France's first match against Austria when the striker was involved in an aerial collision with Austrian defender Kevin Danso. The injury forced him to miss the match against the Netherlands before returning for the final group match against Poland, where he scored a penalty that was also his first goal in the European Championship.
"I might get a little muscled up and it might hurt. But I'm willing to give everything I can for this jersey and help France go as far as possible. If this means someone is going to punch me in the nose, then that's it." broken," added the French captain.
France entered the tournament as favorites to win it, but the group stage indicated otherwise. Les Blues have only scored two goals in three games, one from a penalty and the other an own goal. It will be up to Mbappé to lead his team against a Belgian fighter.
"When I came back to the locker room, with everything that was happening around me, I thought I was going home. At first it was difficult for me because there was a lot of information, a lot of quotes, I didn't really know." I slept so much. I spent two nights without sleep. And it was very difficult to sit on the bench against Holland knowing that you couldn't help. But fortunately I was able to play against Poland. "added the Real Madrid forward.
Didier Deschamps expects the team to earn a convincing victory over Belgium as they face a tough road to the finals and the team is in dire need of confidence. A win over Belgium would set up a possible quarter-final against Portugal (Portugal faces Slovenia on Tuesday at 12:30 am IST) and a semi-final showdown against the winner of Germany/Spain.
Mbappé also spoke about the difficulties he faces when trying to play with a mask, stating that it is "horrible."
"It's actually horrible, horrible to play with a mask. I keep changing masks because every time there's something that bothers me, there's something that's not quite right. It's quite difficult to play with a mask because it limits your field of vision, you clogs sweat." The first few days I felt like I was wearing 3D glasses. As soon as I can get rid of that mask, I will. But now I have no choice. It's really annoying and I've changed it more than five times," Mbappé concluded.
