Robert Pirishistorical midfielder of the French national teamspoke at the prior to the match between France and Austria for the Euro Cup and referred to the controversy unleashed by Kylian Mbappé As for your comparison of the continental competition with the World Cup.
«I think it is a more complicated competition than the World Cup. It is very, very difficult from the group stage onwards,” said the former PSG in the run-up to the Euro Cup.
However, Pirès had a different opinion than his compatriot before France’s debut against Austria. «I think what Mbappé meant was that Winning this competition is very complicated, but I think that if we were to play the Copa América tomorrow we would suffer.«said the ex-flyer.
He then indicated that In addition to Argentina and Brazil there are competitive teams such as Uruguay, Chile and recalled a match with Paraguay in 1998.
“Was one of the most complicated games. There is no need to compare the different competitions, Also in the World Cup we lost to Argentina«, he expressed.
On the other hand, Pirès analyzed the present of France and assured that He doesn’t think he’s the main candidate. to be champion of this Euro Cup. “There are several teams at the same level as Germany, which are local and the German fans put a lot of pressure on you,” he said.
«SWe hear one of the favorites, not the favoriteWe can withstand that pressure, but we know that we are going to have to suffer and we know how to do that,” he concluded.
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