France international striker Kylian Mbappe has declared that his Euro 2024 campaign was a failure after Le Bleus lost 1-2 to Spain in the semi-final on Tuesday night.
Mbappe who spoke to the media immediately after the match said that the competition was difficult as he had the ambition to become a European champion but it didn’t happen.
He noted that it has been a long year for him and he will now embark on a holiday to get some rest which will do him a lot of good as he hopes to come back stronger.
“My competition? It was difficult,” Mbappé told reporters. “It was a failure. We had the ambition to be European champions; I had the ambition to be European champions. We aren’t that, so it’s a failure.
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“It’s football. We have to move on. It’s been a long year. I’m going to go on holiday and get some rest — that’ll do me a lot of good, and I’ll try and come back strongly.”
After France’s devastating last-four defeat, Mbappe had another Euros campaign to forget. He is now getting ready to take a rest before starting his career at the Bernabeu.
Recall last month that Mbappe signed a five-year contract with Real Madrid worth £12.8 million a year after taxes; the 25-year-old will receive a signing-on bonus of slightly over £85 million from Real. Kylian Mbappe cost Paris Saint-Germain £166 million in 2018 but left on a free transfer after his contract expired.
