FOX SPORTS bleeped Kylian Mbappe’s interview as he apologised BEFORE swearing.
The gutted France captain, 27, suffered World Cup semi-final heartbreak as his side lost 2-0 to Spain in Dallas.
Kylian Mbappe suffered a World Cup semi-final exit in the semi-finals Credit: Reuters
Fox Sports bleeped his interview in Dallas Credit: Fox
Mbappe struggled to get into the game and his only chance of note saw him fire a free-kick harmlessly over.
A Mikel Oyarzabal penalty and Pedro Porro finish either side of half-time sealed Spain’s spot in Jattvibeday’s final.
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Mbappe spoke to Fox Sports following the exit.
And when quizzed on his own performance, he appeared to drop the expletive.
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But he pre-empted it and said “sorry” for his use of language.
Speaking in English, Mbappe’s frustration was clear to see.
He said: “At the end of the day, you take all the glory when you win.”
But then he seemingly added: “But when you don’t win, [you have] to – sorry – take the s***.
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Lamine Yamal and Spain got the better of France to secure the convincing victory Credit: Getty
“At the end, that’s part of the game, it’s part of my game, it’s part of my life.
“As captain, I have to take all the responsibility, and I have no problem with that.
“We wanted to go to the final, we didn’t get there.”
It is not the first time Mbappe has given a brutally honest interview that needed censoring at this World Cup.
Following France’s hard-fought, fiery victory over Paraguay in the last 16, where Mbappe was targeted by the South Americans’ wind-up tactics, he was not afraid to give it back.
He said in French: “We knew what kind of match we were going to have.
“If we have to put our hands in s***, we will put our hands in s***.
“We know how to play ugly football. Guess they were thinking we were going to show up in tuxedos, but we were ready.”
