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England and Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has recently played down comparison with Kylian Mbappe amid growing reputation during the T20 World Cup 2022, in Qatar. The 21-year-old has now two goals from three appearances as England eased past Senegal with a 3-0 win in a Round 16 and set up mouth-watering clash with France on Saturday.
Meanwhile, an interesting video is doing the rounds where England forward can be seen flaunting his vocabulary skills by challenging his teammates to spell some complex words. As visible in the video, Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish and James Maddison were all challenged to a spelling test by Saka.
Saka couldn’t control himself but burst out laughing when his teammates failed miserably. Saka asked Maddison to spell ‘aesthetic’. In response, Maddison replied ‘A E S T E T H I C’ to which the Arsenal player expressed his shock and suggested Maddison that his attempt was wrong.
Next was Grealish, who was tasked to spell ‘rhythm’ but he failed miserably as he replied with ‘R O Y M T O M.’ Saka looked amused with Grealish’s effort and said, ‘What?’
Check out the video:
Earlier, Saka was asked about his comparison with the French footballing sensation Mbappe and if the former could make a similar impact as the young World Cup winner with France. England forward toned down the comparison by claiming ‘there is only one Kylian Mbappe.’
“Thank you for the compliment but no. There is only one Kylian Mbappe. At the same there is only one me. I want to be myself and help the team in the best way I can,” Bukayo Saka said.
The young prodigy further lauded the efforts of several youngsters in the tournament as he named one of his own teammates.
"There are so many young players in the tournament, I can name so many. Even in our team, there is a young player who is doing unbelievably well, and his name is Jude Bellingham,” added Saka.
Notably, Mbappe is regarded as one of the most prolific players in the elite tournament and elevated his performance to a whole new level at the World Cup, when he scored twice for the defending champions in a 3-1 win over Poland on Sunday.
The PSG striker is aiming to secure a second World Cup title after he guided France to the title triumph in the last edition with his four goals. Interestingly, Mbappe has already surpassed those figures in this edition with five goals to his name.
Notably, both the players will be up against each other as England and France will clash in one of the quarterfinal matches on December 11 at Al Bayt Stadium.