Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho thinks Paul Pogba was "absolutely brilliant" at the World Cup and hopes the midfielder "understands why" that he was playing at the level of Russia.
Pogba played a big role in The Blues He won the tournament, scoring in the final while Croatia was defeated 4-2 in Moscow
Mourinho, who left the club at the age of 25 last year, spoke of Pogba Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Ranking of the players of France vs Croatia in World Cup
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1/22 France: Hugo Lloris – 5 out of 10
He could not do much to prevent the Perisic Howitzer from pbading in front of him, but was 100% responsible for the blind attempt to play ball around Mandzukic which allowed him to deflect the ball into the net. Fortunately for him, France was already at home and dry.
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2/22 Benjamin Pavard – 6 out of 10
No long-range missiles as we have seen against Argentina but that's not the case. was a disciplined demonstration, even if Croatia sent a little bit on its side.
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3/22 Raphael Varane – 7 out of 10
Has done a good job alongside Umtiti to prevent Croatia from creating specific opportunities and his position was reasonable all along. A four-time winner of the Champions League and now world champion, and only the 11th player to have won both in the same season. Not bad at the age of 25.
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4/22 Samuel Umtiti – 7 out of 10
He really stood out from the defense of France while he was imposed in battle with Mandzukic. He could have facilitated Lloris' work with a better pbad before his mistake, but he was not at all responsible.
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5/22 Lucas Hernandez – 7 out of 10
Burst left, on a tackle when most players would have fallen, to play the ball in Mbappe that led to the final goal. Impressive performance
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6/22 Kylian Mbappe – 8 out of 10
Quiet throughout the first half, but the beauty of a player like Mbappe is that they need a single moment to come to life. When luck opened for him, he could easily have tried to roll the ball to Mandzukic's side, but instead he cleverly brought it back against the direction of the game to grab his chance to shine.
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7/22 Paul Pogba – 9 out of 10
Lucky not to be considered offside for the opening match since it was still involved in the game when Mandzukic headed in goal against his side, but from then on he was fantastic. Elapsed time on the ball, took his goal on his lower left foot excellently and was there when needed in defense. A beautiful performance.
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8/22 No Golo Kante – 5 out of 10
Permitted Perisic to bypbad it too easily and shoot in the back of the net for the first time. equalization. Reserved soon after for a cynical foul on the same man, and replaced after 55 minutes by Steven N Zonzi to ward off the risk of a red card.
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9/22 Blaise Matuidi – 6 out of 10
The quiet man from the French midfielder who did nothing wrong, and provided discipline to allow his extroverted teammates to push forward. 19659009] AP
10/22 Antoine Griezmann – 8 out of 10
He took a dubious free kick that he floated in the box for the first goal, before he move to Pogba who produced the third goal. goal. Meanwhile, he scored the penalty to put France in the lead and he had a say throughout the tournament for France.
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11/22 Olivier Giroud – 7 out of 10
Did his job as a goalkeeper, although the advantage granted by Croatia to France to play with the ball on the bridge a little annulled the work of Giroud
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12/22 Croatia: Danijel Subasic – 4 out of 10
It is not known if the injury that he suffered earlier in the tournament affected him, but he was far from his best, especially for the purpose of Pogba and Mbappe since his movement was not found.
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13/22 Sime Vrsaljko – 6 out of 10
A nice header on Modric's free kick put the ball back into the box and led to Perisic's equalizer. However, it was too easily pbaded by Hernandez in front of Mbappe's goal.
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14/22 Dejan Lovren – 5 out of 10
Rendering too often out of position and considering that he was imposing himself as one of the best defenders of world football, conceding four goals in World Cup The final was particularly embarrbading for him.
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15/22 Domagoj Vida – 6 out of 10
He touched the ball to advance it in the direction of Perisic, but defensively he was poor
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16/22 Ivan Strinic – 5 out of 10
France seemed to target it and that bore fruit in the second half when the wave returned, Zlatko Dalic having it back taken away when the match was already gone.
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17/22 Marcelo Brozovic – 6 out of 10
One of the best in a Croatia jersey but he could do nothing to stem the French tide that was coming in the second half.
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18/22 Ante Rebic – 6 out of 10
He had a good shot at goal that flew over the bar in the second half, and he was slightly disappointed to go from there. ;before.
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19/22 Luka Modric – 6 out of 10
S extinguished after a virtuoso demonstration throughout the tournament, and while he was recovering the balloon after gold the match, his disappointment was obvious to see.
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20/22 Ivan Rakitic – 6 out of 10
Once again outmatched by his midfield teammate and he was lucky not to be held back to sarcastically in front of the referee and get up to applaud him. His frustration was obvious to see
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21/22 Ivan Perisic – 7 of 10
Another extremely important goal – at the time – since he pivoted and shot the ball past Lloris. Unfortunate to be penalized for the ball that tipped the game in favor of France, but he can be proud of the performance.
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22/22 Mario Mandzukic – 7 out of 10
He tried to clear Griezmann's free kick, only to get bad timing and put it in his own net. Rectified for the error by charging Lloris to score, but the damage was already done.
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1/22 France: Hugo Lloris – 5 out of 10
He could not do much to prevent the Perisic Howitzer from pbading in front of him, but was 100% responsible for the blind attempt to play ball around Mandzukic which allowed him to deflect the ball into the net. Fortunately for him, France was already at home and dry.
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2/22 Benjamin Pavard – 6 out of 10
No long-range missiles as we have seen against Argentina but this is not the case. was a disciplined demonstration, even if Croatia sent a little bit on its side.
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3/22 Raphael Varane – 7 out of 10
Has done good work alongside Umtiti to prevent Croatia from creating specific opportunities and his position was reasonable all along. A four-time winner of the Champions League and now world champion, and only the 11th player to have won both in the same season. Not bad at the age of 25.
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4/22 Samuel Umtiti – 7 out of 10
He really stood out from the defense of France while he was imposed in battle with Mandzukic. He could have facilitated Lloris' work with a better pbad before his mistake, but he was not at all responsible.
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5/22 Lucas Hernandez – 7 out of 10
Burst left, on a tackle when most players would have fallen, to play the ball in Mbappe that led to the final goal. Impressive performance
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6/22 Kylian Mbappe – 8 out of 10
Quiet throughout the first half, but the beauty of a player like Mbappe is that they need a single moment to come to life. When luck opened for him, he could easily have tried to roll the ball to Mandzukic's side, but instead he cleverly brought it back against the direction of the game to grab his chance to shine.
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7/22 Paul Pogba – 9 out of 10
Lucky not to be considered offside for the opening match since it was still involved in the game when Mandzukic headed in goal against his side, but from then on he was fantastic. Elapsed time on the ball, took his goal on his lower left foot excellently and was there when needed in defense. A beautiful performance.
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8/22 No Golo Kante – 5 out of 10
Permitted Perisic to bypbad it too easily and shoot in the back of the net for the first time. equalization. Reserved soon after for a cynical foul on the same man, and replaced after 55 minutes by Steven N Zonzi to ward off the risk of a red card.
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9/22 Blaise Matuidi – 6 out of 10
The quiet man from the French midfielder who did nothing wrong, and provided the discipline to allow his teammates extrovert to push forward. 19659009] AP
10/22 Antoine Griezmann – 8 out of 10
He took a dubious free-kick that he floated in the box for the first goal, before he move to Pogba who produced the third goal. goal. Meanwhile, he scored the penalty to put France in the lead and he had a say throughout the tournament for France.
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11/22 Olivier Giroud – 7 out of 10
Has done his job as a goalkeeper, although the allocation of Croatia to play the ball on the bridge somewhat canceled Giroud's work
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12/22 Croatia: Danijel Subasic – 4 out of 10
It is not known if the injury that he suffered earlier in the tournament affected him, but he was far from his best, especially for the purpose of Pogba and Mbappe since his movement was not found.
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13/22 Sime Vrsaljko – 6 out of 10
A nice header on Modric's free kick put the ball back into the box and led to Perisic's equalizer. However, it was too easily pbaded by Hernandez in front of Mbappe's goal.
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14/22 Dejan Lovren – 5 out of 10
Rendered too often out of position and given that he imposed himself as the only one. one of the best defenders of world football, conceding four goals in World Cup The final was particularly embarrbading for him.
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15/22 Domagoj Vida – 6 out of 10
He touched the ball to advance it in the direction of Perisic, but defensively he was poor.
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16/22 Ivan Strinic – 5 out of 10
France seemed to target it and that paid off in the second half when the wave returned, Zlatko Dalic having won when the match was already gone.
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17/22 Marcelo Brozovic – 6 out of 10
One of the best in a Croatia jersey but he could do nothing to stem the French tide that was coming in the second half.
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18/22 Ante Rebic – 6 out of 10
He had a good shot at goal that flew over the bar in the second half, and he was slightly disappointed with # 39 go from the front.
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19/22 Luka Modric – 6 out of 10
S extinguished after a virtuoso demonstration throughout the tournament, and while he was recovering the gold ball after the match, his disappointment was obvious to see.
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20/22 Ivan Rakitic – 6 out of 10
Again surpbaded by his midfielder and he was lucky not to be held back sarcastically in front of the referee and get up to applaud him. His frustration was obvious to see
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21/22 Ivan Perisic – 7 of 10
Another extremely important goal – at the time – since he pivoted and shot the ball past Lloris. Unlucky to be penalized for the handball that tipped the game in favor of France, but he can be proud of the performance.
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22/22 Mario Mandzukic – 7 out of 10
He tried to clear Griezmann's free kick, only to get bad timing and put it in his own net. He caught the mistake by charging Lloris to score, but the damage was already done
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The Portuguese said: "Winning the World Cup can only be positive. There is only positive, it is fantastic, it is fantastic … So many good players have never had the chance to be world champions. "For Paul, I think that becoming world champion can only be fantastic. I think the future for him in the French national team, among this fantastic group of players, can only be brilliant, and hope that he understands why he was very good. "
Mourinho was talking about United's pre-season tour.
He added, according to manutd.com:" I think that's the point on his performance level and his contribution to a winning team – it's up to him to understand why he was so good, especially in the second part of the competition, quarter-final, semifinal, final, where he was, in my opinion, absolutely brilliant. "
Still about the man he signed for £ 89m in the summer of 2016, Mourinho said:" I did it with Paul what I'm going to do. I did it with all my players.
"I sent a nice message before the World Cup and during that time I did not bother anyone."
"They had to focus on the work of their national team.After the World Cup, I sent a different message than the other guys because he won the competition." [19659183Mourinhosaidthepre-seasonwasnotidealforseniorabsentees
It's very bad, I have to say it. It's positive for young boys who have the fantastic opportunity to train with us and know what it's like to be a United player, the chance to play against fantastic players. And my team of coaches, with three new employees, it's good for them to adapt to my needs and start working in a new reality. "
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While Pogba is having a break after the World Cup, Alexis Sanchez did not take the plane with United for the weekend because of what the club termed "personal administrative problem ". Sanchez was absent from the party that crossed the Atlantic Sunday amid rumors that he would have had a problem with his visa after accepting a 16-month suspended prison sentence in Spain.
Mourinho said Chile on Wednesday: "It's really bad and it's really sad."
"This is not good for him and not good for me, nor for the team.It's no one to blame.I know the club is doing the effort. but the American authorities have their processes.
"I hope that he will at least be able to join us later because it is important to work with Juan Mata, Alexis and Anthony Martial, whom we consider as the players we have for the beginning of the season There is no [Romelu] Lukaku, [Marcus] Rashford or [Jesse] Lingard [all of whom were involved in the World Cup semi-finals].