France captain Kylian Mbappe is "going through a period in which he's less effective," says coach Didier Deschamps after leaving the Real Madrid star out of his national squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches. Speaking ahead of clashes with Israel and Italy, Deschamps says he believes the omission is "for the best." TO COMPLETE VIDI36LQ9HJ_EN & VIDI36LQ9VQ_EN
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00:00I'm talking about Kylian with all his qualities, even if he can have them too.
00:04He scored goals, he will score again, a lot, I'm convinced of that.
00:10He is in a period where he is less efficient, of course, and from there, he is judged a lot on that too.
00:23I had exchanges with him, I'm not going to go into that.
00:28You can have information or not, when you communicate or not.
00:36I speak directly with Kylian, we can disagree on certain topics, I exchange and then it's my responsibility to make the decisions.
00:50I took this one, I repeat it on this meeting, I repeat it again because I think it's better like that.