Kylian Mbappe talks about his good relationship with Achraf Hakimi in 2022 world cup!

"We called each other everyday"

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Kylian Mbappe talks about his good relationship with Achraf Hakimi in 2022 world cup!

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The good relationship between Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi is no secret. From the time when Kylian Mbappe was a player at Paris Saint-Germain, the player had good times with the Moroccan player. After that, the French player maintained his friendship with the Moroccan even after his move to Real Madrid.

Mbappe talks about the strong friendship they shared during their experience at the 2022 World Cup!

During the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, everyone noticed the close friendship between the two stars and how they shared every detail of the tournament together. Kylian Mbappé never missed an opportunity to praise his Moroccan friend, and the latter also frequently expressed his good relationship with the Frenchman.

During the 2022 World Cup, Achraf Hakimi and I spent a lot of our free time playing video games together mostly Football Manager.

"We used to call each other every day," he recalled. "And as we kept advancing in the tournament, we both started realizing that a meeting between us was becoming more and more likely."

🚨🗣️ Kylian Mbappé: "At the World Cup in 2022, Achraf Hakimi and I played videogames together, mostly Football Manager."

"We called each other everyday, and the more we progressed in the World Cup, the more we noticed that we might face each other."

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Hakimi would often tell him: "We're going through." And I'd reply: "Yeah, us too." But then came the semifinals, and that changed everything. "At a certain point, there was no more 'going through' for both of us," he explained. "We still stayed in touch, but the conversations had a little bit of 'hmmm' in them."