FIFA World Cup 2026 raci*m mind games! Is France Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe allowing himself get distracted?

Football greats know that games are won not just on the pitch.

They know that mind games also play a critical role in the outcome of games and legends like Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho utilized mind games to great effects against their opponents.

And as a great footballer, France, Real Madrid and World Cup star, Kylian Mbappe, should know very well about mind games.

He should know very well that when they are aimed at him, they are simply calculated to destabilize his performance.

And no matter the type of mind game fashioned against him, even if it’s based on the thorny issue, raci*m, he should know not to allow himself to get distracted by it especially as the World Cup is getting to its critical stages.

Already, Ivory Coast World Cup coach, Emerse Fae, allowed himself to get affected by Bayern Munich and Germany football legend Bastian Schweinsteiger’s comments that African football is wild and he and Ivory Coast paid the price with their elimination from the World Cup.

And if Mbappe also allows himself to get distracted by the mind games raci*t comments of the Paraguayan senator, Celeste Amarilla, he will only have himself to blame as well.