Stephen Kenny watched France star Kylian Mbappé in the flesh during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - now he has to find a way of stopping the PSG dangerman
Stephen Kenny has warned that Kylian Mbappé will be at his most dangerous at the Aviva Stadium later this month when IRELAND have the ball.And he also studied the PSG star’s destruction of Poland and his World Cup final hat-trick in France’s penalty shootout defeat to Argentina.According to Kenny, Mbappé poses the greatest threat on turnovers, as France boss Didier Deschamps absolves him of any defensive responsibility.
“It was good to see a lot of players that I wouldn't have been as familiar with live, as the main performers. “It will be interesting. You can't be certain of their line-up as they obviously play Holland just before us. We have to cover a variety of players.”
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