Mbappé told Onze Mondial that Ethan is under more pressure than he was.
"I think it's harder to be him than to be me, no matter what I've done, because he's under pressure that I wasn't under at the time. Speaking of that, it's obvious... When I first joined the team, with all the love and respect for my parents, when I stepped onto the field, no one thought of me as the son of Wilfried and Fayza, no one knew!
So I could play however I wanted, and mistakes wouldn't have had an impact. Later, of course, they did, because that's part of a career, and that's how it's been since I became who I am today. But he didn't have the chance to make mistakes without consequences. He was judged from the start, even before he stepped onto the field.
Even before he achieved anything, he was already being judged. So what he's doing now carries more weight than what I did at the same age, or even what I can do now. Because ultimately, he was put in a box from the beginning, and people didn't take the time to think or analyze.
That's why I'm so happy with how he's performing now; he's proving that he'll have his own career, his own path. I think objectively, he has everything it takes to have a great career," he said.
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