German forward Thomas Muller had some high appreciation to make for French youngster Kylian Mbappe after their match in the UEFA Nations League.
Recently, Muller and Mbappe featured in France-Germany’s clash at the UEFA Nations league.
Although, the match between Germany and France ended on 0-0, Mbappe made an impression where almost all the players of France failed to play well on Thursday. And the Bayern Munich forward noticed it all.
After the match, Muller told reporters:
“He has an engine in his butt that everyone else wants to have. He makes one fast step and leaves the opponent behind. You have to defend players like him with more than one player, even if he leaves one player behind the next one has to try to stop him. That’s the only way you can stop remarkable players like him. Of course, he had some moments during the game that the spectators enjoyed.”
After Germany’s embarrassing exit from the 2018 World Cup held in Russia, it was their first match since then. Losing 1-0 to Mexico, they came back well beating Sweden in the last minute of the game.
However, they suffered a shock defeat against South Korea in their last group game, and it ended their hopes of defending the World Cup.
And this was not the only thing they suffered. The 2014 World champions also had to see Mesut Ozil retire from the national team due to racism.
Despite going to the match with several problems, in the end, Thomas Muller believes Germany responded well.
“We had a lot of pressure before the game. But we responded in the way we had to. You have to make distinctions. It wasn’t our best game and we have a lot to pay back. That was the first key step, but that’s all,” he concluded.