Kylian Mbappé and mental health: allowing elite athletes to lose is a victory

On Wednesday, September 10, L'Equipe Magazine unveiled its new weekly format , with great fanfare: a lengthy interview with Kylian Mbappé. The captain of Les Bleus and Real Madrid striker is talkative, including on topics that are peripheral to football performance: the impact of exile, media exposure, his relationship with failure, friendship, money, romantic relationships, his father, his allegedly divisive personality, his bitter divorce from PSG... A broad overview in which the French star plays the game of introspection both frankly and skillfully.

For example, Mbappé doesn't avoid the question of mental health. "Tadej Pogacar has just won his fourth Tour de France and he admits he's fed up. Have you ever felt this weariness?" asks the sports title. "During international competitions, at some point, always," replies the French star. [...] I've played in two World Cups, I've been to the final twice. Between the semi-final and the final, the world