England will face World Champions France in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup on Saturday.
As they prepare for their quarter-final match, England defender Kyle Walker opines that France superstar Kylian Mbappe will not stand his way of winning a World Cup.
Mbappe, who has five goals in four games and is on track to win the Golden Boot in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022, returned to training with the France team on Wednesday after a recovery session separate from the squad on Tuesday.
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Walker has been dubbed England’s antidote to Mbappe’s attacking danger, and the 32-year-old played down his role in the upcoming match
“I think the game’s not England vs Mbappe, it’s England vs France,” Walker told a press conference on Wednesday.
“We respect that he is a good player in good form, but I am not going to roll out a red carpet for him and tell him to go and score”
” I’m representing my country at the quarter-final in a World Cup, it’s a do-or-die affair. If we lose, we go home. He’s not going to stand in my way of winning a World Cup for my country,” Walker said.
Walker has faced Mbappe four times in his career, each time when Manchester City faced Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
