last tuesday, Kylian Mbappé affirmed that the European teams have an advantage over those from South America in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. His statements provoked the reactions of various characters in South American football, like the journalist Martin Liberman. Even, in the last hours, the Brazilian midfielder Fabinho spoke about it.
Prior to the game of Champions League final, The Liverpool footballer stated that although he did not listen to the statements of the young French attacker, he considers that South American football also has its level of difficulty.
“It’s different, it’s not easy. We have to travel 11 or 12 hours to play in South America. We have to play in places like Bolivia, I don’t know if France has ever played there. Also in Uruguay or Chile, places that one is not used to”, told ESPN.
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“Perhaps the quality of the South American teams, now, is not as great as in Europe, but that does not make it so easy to play there because the teams always fight until the end”, he added.
Brazil and Argentina candidates to win the World Cup
In this same line, Fabinho He specified that both Brazil and Argentina are always candidates to win the World Cup, despite the circumstances in which they find themselves.
“I think that if Brazil and Argentina played in Europe, they would qualify first in the group in Europe. In addition, they go to the World Cup as one of the favorites ”, concluded.
What did Kylian Mbappe say?
Kylian Mbappé He declared to TNT Sports and stated that the European teams have a better level than the South American ones, so Brazil and Argentina do not have much complication to qualify for the World Cup.
“The advantage we have here (in Europe) is that we always play games at a high level, we have the Nations League, for example. When we get to the World Cup, we are ready (…) Argentina and Brazil do not play games of a high level to reach the World Cup”, Indian.
Martin Liberman questions Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé’s statements did not go unnoticed by the journalist Martin Libermann, who used his social networks to answer the PSG attacker.
“But if the Brazilians and the Argentines all play in Europe. They are your companions. What does this boy say? the communicator wrote on his official Twitter account.