According to Argentine media Tyc Sport, Argentina national team legend coach Pekerman responded to Mbappé’s statement about “the European Championship being harder than the World Cup”. He believes Mbappé’s words are a typical case of “sour grapes”.
Before the European Championship, Mbappé’s statement about “the European Championship being harder than the World Cup” was met with unanimous criticism from South American football professionals. Recently, Argentina’s legendary coach Pekerman joined this camp.
In an interview with ESPN Sports, Pekerman said: “Regarding Mbappé’s statement, you have to listen to half of it and believe half of it. He has been hurt by South American players because we took the World Cup trophy from them. They just became World Cup champions, and they imagine they will win another one soon. We must realize that we need to defend South American football more. Fortunately, we broke the European teams’ four-year monopoly on the World Cup. It’s been a long time, and it’s been necessary. Now that this inertia has been broken, we need to maintain this level.”
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