Mbappé 9th, a status of “main responsible for the elimination of the Blues” in question?

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While he was surely expected a little higher, Kylian Mbappé finally finished in 9th place in the 2021 Ballon d’Or standings. The striker of Paris Saint-Germain and the France team thus fell three places compared to 2019, but above all he recorded his worst ranking since his fantastic debut in 2017 when he was seventh. But while this ranking may have surprised, Pascal Ferré, the editor-in-chief of France Football and organizer of the ceremony, tried to provide some answers on this subject during an interview for Le Parisien.

Mbappé’s Euro seems to be in question

Obviously, and this is not a surprise to anyone, it is Kylian Mbappé’s Euro 2020 which seems to be involved in this astonishing ranking, since the Blues striker did not succeed in the best of competitions, with no goal scored and especially the decisive penalty missed against Switzerland in the round of 16. “It’s complicated to be the spokesperson for the 170 voters. I can understand that he was surprised and even disappointed by this rank. of the Euro. Perhaps in the eyes of the whole world he passed for the big fault of the Blues, which is a little outrageous, certainly. A missed penalty erased weeks and weeks of an easy level of top 5 “, first explains Ferré to speak about this classification, considering then that he perhaps paid the fact of being named as” main responsible for the elimination of the Blues “.

“In eighth (quadrupled against Barça, editor’s note) or in the quarter-finals (doubled against Bayern) of the Champions League, he walked not only on his opponents but on water. In the League of Nations, he was also very good. Since the resumption in the league, he is also very good. From the outside, I think he ‘pays’ for this status of main responsible for the elimination of the Blues. But I am convinced that he will come back to improve this passing mark which is only intermediary “, assures the editor in chief of France Football, while Mbappé could well end up one day by winning a Ballon d’Or, he who is old, as a reminder, only 22 years.