Kylian Mbappe believes he has executed sufficient to win this yr’s Ballon d’Or, though he didn’t win a trophy with Actual Madrid and France have been knocked out by Spain within the FIFA World Cup semi-finals.In an interview with France Soccer, the 27-year-old mentioned the Ballon d’Or is a person award and that his performances over the season deserve recognition. He additionally praised new France head coach Zinedine Zidane.“I consider I can win it this yr. It’s one in all my targets,” Mbappe mentioned, as quoted by information company Reuters. “Folks say I didn’t win a trophy (for membership or nation), nevertheless it’s a person award. I’ve by no means seen a Ballon d’Or winner elected unanimously.“Has anybody ever received with 100% of the vote? Which means there’s at all times somebody who thought the winner didn’t deserve it.”Mbappe scored 15 targets within the Champions League and 25 in LaLiga through the season. He additionally took his World Cup tally to 22 targets, changing into the event’s all-time main scorer, earlier than France misplaced 2-0 to Spain within the semi-finals.He mentioned his performances have been totally different from the remaining and that was why he believed he deserved the award.“My concept of the Ballon d’Or comes from the Messi and Ronaldo period – you don’t give it to bizarre gamers, you give it to gamers who’re totally different. I feel I did issues that have been totally different this yr, so I consider I can win it.”When requested if he believed he deserved to win the Ballon d’Or, Mbappe gave a direct reply.“There was no participant higher than me. We have been speaking about achievements. To attain that many targets within the main competitions, the place all the nice gamers are, and naturally on the World Cup, the most important occasion, to change into the competitors’s all-time main scorer – all through my holidays, that was all individuals talked to me about,” he mentioned.“It’s tough to totally grasp what the World Cup means. It’s the competitors of the nice gamers, the celebs, the best gamers within the historical past of the sport. And to inform your self that, at 27, I’m already the one who has scored probably the most targets…“And it’s much more particular since you take the document from Leo Messi, who for many individuals is the best participant in historical past alongside Cristiano (Ronaldo). It’s implausible. That type of achievement is totally different.”Mbappe additionally welcomed Zidane’s appointment as France coach after he changed Didier Deschamps.“For French individuals, he means a fantastic deal – he’s a legend, he’s the nation’s ‘Zizou’, he represents class, greatness. He made his mark on the historical past of the nationwide crew as a participant and he had some actually iconic moments,” Mbappe enthused.“He’s maybe the participant who most embodies the France crew. He’s a type of gamers who transcended generations. He left an indelible mark on the historical past of French soccer.”