Kylian Mbappé's action creates controversy

Last Saturday, Kylian Mbappé left the field during the match against Nantes, making a series of gestures and showing anger towards coach Thomas Tuchel. Despite the German coach's attempt to explain the substitution, it was all in vain.

Speculations about a possible departure of the coach or him ultimatuming the team to choose between him or the coach are on the rise. The coach has appeared in a press conference to try to reduce the existing pressure as much as possible.

In this way, the former Borussia Dortmund coach admits that, "I'm sad because we are in a great moment, we won 5-0 last Saturday and the press didn't talk about the match. I love the game, the show, but we didn't talk about the match we played on Saturday. There's nothing personal between Mbappé and me, I know he doesn't want to be substituted, it's normal, but I also want to give minutes to those on the bench. I don't think what happened on Saturday will make Mbappé leave the club. He's our player and he has a contract."

In addition, the coach took a step forward and said, "I'm sure the locker room understands my decisions. The match was over, we were winning 5-0. Fear? I'm not afraid of my decisions. I decided that Paredes had to come in." Similarly, as a conclusion, Tuchel pointed out that, "If I wanted to be a politician, I would have to work in politics. I work in football and I don't want to have my head in political matters. I know that when I start Sarabia, Cavani and Icardi are not happy. I make sporting decisions and the locker room understands them. I know it's tough for some players to accept, if I start making political lineups, I will end up losing. Everyone puts pressure on me, but if I were to give in, I wouldn't start Kouassi because he's very young."

Mbappé doesn't seem very happy with the substitution...

— Iván Vargas (@iwanvargas) February 1, 2020