But both Mbappe and Ronaldo were huge liabilities and very limited assets.
Interestingly, Deschamps is a football coach, while Martinez is a pretender, so one took his star off the pitch, and the other wouldn't dare.
The way I look at it Ronaldo took valuable game time, shots, and experience away from a young player. His legs look shot, he can't even jump anymore, he can't dribble, and he can't score.
A normal person would quit in shame but I expect he'll be a starter at World Cup in two years.