Kylian Mbappe appeared to question Didier Deschamps’ approach and tactics following France’s World Cup defeat to Spain.
Mbappe saw his side’s hopes of reaching a third straight World Cup final end in Dallas after Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro scored to secure a 2-0 victory.
And the Real Madrid star seemed to question the way Deschamps set up his side when delivering his view on the game.
He said: “We were three against two in midfield and against Spain, that’s hard. Fabian [Ruiz] and Rodri had plenty of time to play.
“There was a lack of communication on the press. I think we should have done man-to-man press and force them to run with us.”
Before he added: “We didn’t play the game we wanted, technically, tactically. When you don’t do what you have to do in a World Cup semifinal, you don’t win.
“Spain respected their game plan and what the team usually does. They like to control the ball and the tempo. Our plan was to press them high so they could not install their rhythm.
“Because they are better than us at controlling a game. We didn’t manage to do it. We were too sloppy technically. We could not hurt them when we could have.
“Even when we recovered the ball, our first touches were not good enough. That gives a defeat. It is a huge disappointment. But if we are objective, we didn’t put all the ingredients to go to the final.”
