mentality of his young colleague but says there
is still more to come from the teenage superstar
Monaco goalkeeper Danijel Subasic has revealed that
opponents are starting to go to extreme lengths to quell
the threat of 18-year-old star Kylian Mbappe
The youngster has scored 16 goals in his last 16
outings, including five in four Champions League
knockout games, and is already recognised as one of
European football’s outstanding rising stars.
This is drawing special attention from opponents, and
the Croatia international goalkeeper has revealed that
the sheer physicality of Thiago Silva in the recent Coupe
de la Ligue final loss to Paris Saint-Germain left the
youngster on the brink of tears.
“In the League Cup final we lost 4-1 to PSG and Silva
was snapping at Mbappe from the first to the last
minute,” the keeper told 24 Sata .
“He really tackled him hard, you could see he went for
him and wanted to ruin his confidence.
“In locker room Mbappe was very sad, almost cried, he
was really down. I felt sorry for him so I hugged him and
told him those things are normal because he had shown
everyone how powerful he was and in future everyone
will go after him that way.”
Subastic, who helped Monaco into the semi-finals of the
Champions League thanks to a 6-3 aggregate success
over Borussia Dortmund, during which Mbappe scored
three times, is full of praise for the youngster – both on
and off the field.
“No wonder everyone is crazy about him, he is amazing,
plays great and is only 18,” he said.
“He runs like he’s riding a motorbike! He has no
respect! Which is good, but at the same time in our
locker room he is very calm, polite, never pushes
himself in front row...
“The guy is great, normal, not flying high. Everyone
talks about hundreds of million euro that are waiting for
him somewhere and still his mother or the club's driver
takes him to training every day!
“And believe me, you haven't seen everything from him!
I see every day at training how good he is.”
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