Reporter: French team was dissatisfied when Mbappe was elected as captain by Deschamps, so Griezmann withdrew from the team.

According to independent journalist Roman Molina, the internal relations between the French national team are tense, and Mbappe is the core of the problem.

Molina said that the French team is not as harmonious as it looks on the outside. Players are considered lack of enthusiasm and if the national team is not performing well, they will think ‘It’s okay, I’m going to go back to the club’ and no one wants to discuss the problems that the team has. Although the team's resilience has been shown in the recent match against Spain, everything has returned to its original state after the loss.

Molina revealed that in March 2023, the French team had its first training camp since the Qatar World Cup and Lori withdrew from the national team. Mbappe was officially appointed as captain and Griezmann was skipped. This decision caused a lot of controversy, as was the case within the team. The players were dissatisfied with Deschamps' choice and believed that he was too partial to Mbappe. At that time, many people also wanted to serve as captain, such as Menion, but in the end Deschamps chose Mbappe, and Griezmann withdrew from the national team.

Last year, Mbappe also rejected the French team's call twice, and Deschamps has been helping to maintain the players. Molina said the players even considered withdrawing from France because he believed he had received too much criticism and did not develop well in the new team. Mbappe's career was greatly influenced by his mother Faiza, and therefore also affected the players' decision-making. Afterwards, Mbappe recovered his form at Real Madrid, and returned to the national team after scoring frequently.

As a striker who is not involved in the defense, Molina believes that Mbappe has not proved his choice anywhere yet. In Paris, he failed to win the coveted Champions League, and at Real Madrid, he still played like this, and the team failed to win major honors. In the national team, almost everyone thinks that Mbappe should play on the left and let Dembele play on the middle.

Molina said that few teammates support Mbappe, which was a problem that existed when she was in Paris, and the same happened with Real Madrid and France. Everyone in front of the camera is friends, but not in private. Within France, players lack the courage to truly solve these problems. Deschamps seemed to be unwilling to these issues, and he did not take any action, so his attitude was criticized. In addition, people also believed that his training intensity was too low and his tactical coherence was lacking.