England defender Kyle Walker is hopeful that the Three Lions would be able to overcome France in Saturday’s quarter-final clash of the FIFA World Cup. And much of the talk ahead of the game has been on French striker Kylian Mbappe who is currently leading the goals chart with five strikes. And according to reports Walker could be the man to stop Mbappe in the crucial game. “I think the game’s not England vs Mbappe, it’s England vs France,” Walker told a press conference. “We respect that he is a good player in good form, but I am not going to roll out a red carpet for him and tell him to go and score. “I’m representing my country at the quarter-final in a World Cup, it’s do or die really. If we lose, we go home. He’s not going to stand in my way of winning a World Cup for my country.” Walker has come up against Mbappe four times in his career, when his Manchester City side took on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
City won three out of the four encounters, with Mbappe scoring just once – an equaliser in their most recent encounter which the Premier League champions won 2-1. “He’s a tool in their armoury that is very good, but there are other good players and we can’t underestimate them. [They have] players that have won big titles, won World Cups. “But let’s not forget about Olivier Giroud, who has scored countless goals for France and in the Premier League. Ousmane Dembele, who for me is just as good on the other wing and a very tricky player. And then you have Antoine Griezmann – these players can cause you a problem.
