‘Kylian Mbappe is the best’ says Tchouameni, the person who will mark Leo Messi within the World Cup closing

Aurelian Tchouameni, the defensive midfielder of France who as soon as received an earful from his father for being an “ordinary player”, will reportedly be the person to mark Leo Messi. In the absence of Kante, who efficiently blocked Messi on the 2018 Russia world cup, Tchouameni has proven this world cup that he’s able to rising to the event.

“Doing it against Messi is better, because he is a great player,” is how Tchouameni put it a day earlier than the grand finale. “It’s difficult,, but we’re all going to work together to achieve it. We’re going to make a plan, recover well and work to win this game because Messi will be there, but he also has ten other players by his side ,” mentioned Tchouameni 

He was indefatigable in opposition to Morocco. The Marco newspaper’s stats present that he recovered essentially the most balls (11), much more than Morrocco’s Amrabat (10). Tchouameni additionally served France’s third-highest passes (40), solely the defenders Varane and Konate handed extra.

Tchouameni additionally reckoned that his team-mate Kylian Mbappe will out-star even Messi within the closing. “”For me, Kylian is the most effective… and he’ll show it on Sunday,” he mentioned.

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His father has been the most important fan, and likewise the prime motivator with well timed barbs to encourage and stir him to larger heights. His father tells L’Equippe a couple of episode in December 2020 together with his son.

“In Bordeaux, I was very hard on him…In December, we are on vacation in Paris, I tell him: “I want to see you alone.” And I find yourself saying to him: “You’re an odd participant! We don’t speak about you. Nothing. You don’t make the entrance web page of any newspaper. You play quietly. You’re going to finish up in Ligue 1, what! “Ah, that was… wow! It damage him. 

“He leaves my hotel room a little angry. The next day, he said to me: “You’ll see.” From January 2021, it’s now not the identical. Three weeks later, he scored his first aim in L1 in opposition to OM (3-1). It had touched him! Moreover, as quickly as he performs properly, he sends me “he’s your ordinary player, huh!” the daddy recalled.

Tchouameni’s chief trait is his relentless ball-winning means, selecting up free balls and exhibiting the combativeness to dam passes. He tends to get shut, tight, to opponent strikers to defend. The Athletic as soon as reported on his energy to work on the “blindside of his opponents, which allows him to nick in front and intercept as they receive the ball”. It received’t be simple to copy that in opposition to Messi, the wandering walker who erupts all of a sudden into thick of issues. Tchouameni’s can also be identified for his progressive passing – energetic balls into harmful areas ahead moderately than merely for possession.

A giant follower of NBA, he received hooked to the American tradition he informed his then membership Monaco by way of “great athletes, great musicians and historical figures like Martin Luther King”.

In the ultimate, he could have Rabiot by his facet, who had missed the semi-final as a result of an sickness. Both must play a pivotal function, alongside the playmaker Greizmann to cease Messi and feed the balls out to the strikers.

“We’ll have to defend well. We’ll have to show all our qualities. It’s a World Cup final, there’s Messi, but there’s also a lot of quality on the sidelines. We have to be prepared, be aware of the opportunity we have to make history. We’ll see what happens,” Tchouameni has mentioned.