Kylian Mbappe is determined to prevent teenager Evan Ferguson from adding another chapter to his football fairytale as France and the Republic of Ireland head into Euro 2024 battle.The 24-year-old Paris Saint Germain superstar will captain Didier Deschamps' side in Dublin on Monday evening having scored two goals in Friday's 4-0 rout of the Netherlands to go with the three he scored in the World Cup final in December.He could find himself on the same pitch as 18-year-old Ferguson, the Brighton frontman who opened his international account in Ireland's 3-2 friendly win over Latvia on Wednesday evening, although the Frenchman and his team-mates are ready to put the brakes on his rapid rise.Asked about the teenager, Mbappe said: "We've seen some clips about him, of course.
He's a good striker, an important striker for that team."But we hope tomorrow he's going to do nothing and that means we are going to win and we're going to do our job.
But he is a good player."Mbappe's double against the Dutch took him to 38 senior international goals, just three fewer than Michel Platini, the next target in his sights.He said: "For me, it's an honour to be at this stage.
That's my next target and I'll keep going, It might be tomorrow, it might not."Obviously Michel Platini is a legend of French football, but I'll get past that mark at some point."Deschamps fully expects his captain to do just that, but is confident collective, rather than individual, objectives will continue to fuel him.He said: "That's Kylian, he's full of ambitions, always setting himself new objectives, new goals."But the group, the collective, comes first.