Boston, July 8 -- Ahead of his side's FIFA World Cup clash against Morocco in the quarterfinals, France head coach Didier Deschamps said that captain Kylian Mbappe is "in a good place mentally" despite battling racism from Paraguay senator Celeste Amarilla following their tough round of 16 clash win over the South American side.

The Paraguayan Senator, following France's 1-0 win over the South American country in the FIFA World Cup round of 16, called Mbappe a "colonised Cameroonian", "pretending hard to be French, resentful, newly rich, arrogant, and ugly". Amarilla also said that France "won by a fluke and Mbappe was nervous and scared to death the whole match, like his entire team."

Her comments met an immediate response from Mbappe ...