World Cup 2018: France stars mock Kylian Mbappe for falling asleep during flight to St Petersburg ahead of Belgium semi-final
Ben Mendy, Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann had a laugh at striker's expense ahead of Tuesday night's showdown
FRANCE stars mocked Kylian Mbappe for falling asleep on the plane as flew to St Petersburg for their World Cup semi-final showdown against Belgium.
Manchester City defender Ben Mendy posted a picture of the striker dozing, captioned: "Too much Razmokets (Rugrats)"
Antoine Griezmann made a 'loser' gesture as he, Paul Pogba and Mendy surround Mbappe.
France's squad looked in good spirits during their flight to St Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod, where they beat Uruguay in the quarter-final.
They were also seen laughing around in training on Sunday.
Tomorrow night they face Belgium in the semi hoping to book their place in the final.
France, who were beaten in the Euro 2016 final by Portugal, are favourites to win the tournament.
But skipper Hugo Lloris insists Belgium are the ones to watch after beating Brazil.
He said: "I don’t think so. A nation like Brazil with all its talent and history has to be the favourites and if Belgium beat them then that fact will make them favourites."
Loyalties will be tested when the two nations meet, with Les Bleus legend Thierry Henry working as a coach for Belgium boss Roberto Martinez.
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Eden Hazard will also have a point to prove for the Red Devils after an image emerged of him wearing a France shirt.
The Chelsea winger, 27, grew up in a French-speaking part of Belgium and moved to Lille when he was 14.
He said: "With my brothers, we have always been more supporters of France than Belgium because we grew up with ‘98.
“At the time, there wasn’t the jersey of Belgium, that's why we wore the one of France.
“I do not want to denigrate the Belgium team of the time, there were very good players, but at that time, it was France.”