Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Kylian Mbappé, player of the French national team, wanted to support and console Ashraf Hakimi, player of the Moroccan national team, after defeating the “Atlas Lions” of the “Roosters” with a brace, in the semifinals of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. , Wednesday.
The French striker posted a photo of himself and the Moroccan full-back from the match on his Twitter account, and commented: “Don’t be sad, my brother. Everyone is proud of what you did. You made history.” .
Video footage showed Mbappe and Hakimi swapping shirts with each other after the clash ended, and they were eager to sit and talk together in the corridor of Al-Bayt Stadium.
The two players have a strong relationship, as they play together at French club Paris Saint-Germain.
Ashraf Hakimi was born in 1998 in the Spanish capital, Madrid, while Kylian Mbappe was born just 46 days later in the French capital, Paris, in the same year that the French national team won the first world title in its history, and the proximity the age and similarity of interests were important factors in forming a friendship between them.
