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2022 World Cup: Mbappe Still Has More To Learn- Pochettino

Emmanuel Igbokwe

Dec 06, 2022

Former PSG boss, Mauricio Pochettino has insisted that France forward Kylian Mbappe still has plenty to learn to become a complete player.

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He said that the France international always takes similar actions which make him predictable to defenders.

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This is despite the 23-year-old scoring 5 goals so far at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and putting up a master class performance against Poland on Sunday.

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Pochettino, Mbappe's former boss, says the player can improve his understanding of space on the pitch.

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Pochettino said on BBC, "What he needs now to be a really, really complete player is to read the space better, when he needs to go inside, how he needs to receive in between the lines, use the pocket [...] He needs to be more involved in the game,ÔÇØ

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"[His decisions] are all similar actions.ÔÇØ

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