France coach Didier Deschamps praises Kylian Mbappé after France reach the World Cup semi-finals. The comments come following Mbappé’s performance in Thursday’s match, in which he scores to take his tally to eight goals in the tournament. Deschamps attributes Mbappé’s impact to his influence in key moments, highlighting the value of the forward’s scoring output as France advance.

With the semi-finals place secured, France is set to play the winner of the upcoming quarter-final pairing between Spain and Belgium. Both sources agree that Mbappé’s goal-scoring is central to France’s progression and that Deschamps’s remarks focus on Mbappé’s contribution as the team moves closer to the final. No additional details about the match scoreline or surrounding events are provided in the two reports.