France boss Didier Deschamps did his best to draw a line under the situation, seemingly taking the side of star man Mbappe.
“If you received the ball after each time you called for it, it is always the same,” Deschamps said.
“The attacker says: ‘I am making runs, but it’s on the midfield.’ The midfielders will say that it is on the attackers. Sometimes, the pass isn’t forthcoming, sometimes it is down the movement. But this is not stigmatisation of Kylian or whoever.”
It will be interesting to see what Mbappe has to say when he finally does speak out to the media.
Deschamps, meanwhile, has refused to blame either player for not finding each other as much as they should have on the pitch.