With him on the ground, Paris has not become a steamroller. Far from it, since the Lensois had many opportunities to make the break. It was only in the offensive sector that the 22-year-old French international changed the game. But that’s already a lot. “We only had two minutes to go… but hey, that’s how it is. We saw Mbappé come in and make a difference“, summarized Seko Fofana, the Lensois scorer, at the microphone of Canal Plus.
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League 1
The absence of Neymar, a bad for a good?
11/30/2021 At 10:47 PM
PSG-OL Flashback
Joker of luxury, Kylian Mbappé will undoubtedly not be it durably. On the other hand, the way in which he influenced the outcome of this meeting at the top of the 17th day is significant. From the left side, Mbappé first got on his right foot to strike. Jean-Louis Leca only pushed the ball away. The danger quickly returned and, this time, the former Monegasque played the collective card.
He served Georginio Wijnaldum perfectly, entered at the same minute as him and author of the saving header for the leader of L1 (90th + 2), jostled on the lawn of the 5th this Saturday. His brushed center of the right, in the position of a winger in “false foot”, must have brought back bad memories to OL. It was in a similar situation, more on the move, that he had delivered the offering of victory to Icardi, at the Park against the Lyonnais (2-1) during the 6th day.
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Best assists in Ligue 1
Mbappé’s progress in distribution can be seen quantitatively. With eight assists, he is already in his end-of-year standards. He is number 1 this season in the top flight. A position he is not used to occupying. He even counts fewer goals (7) than caviars (8, therefore).
In the Champions League too, he demonstrated the expansion of his range. His discount for Lionel Messi – to name but one – during the latter’s goal, in Paris against Manchester City, was delightfully correct. In the French team, his complicity with Karim Benzema is also expressed with reciprocity. Without having transformed his game, Mbappé thus made it evolve. He has one more trump card up his sleeve and tends to become a more and more complete player.
This evolution could make him an accomplished gamer, not just a phenomenon with low-life magic. It is part of the thirst for greatness that he has always assumed. But whether it is in the skin of the goalscorer or the passer, to see Mbappé again (having to) don the hero costume in extra time is not the best news for PSG.
Anomaly repaired, quadrupled, collective: did Kylian Mbappé achieve his best match in Blue?
League 1
The big first: Sergio Ramos holder with PSG in Saint-Etienne
11/28/2021 At 11:18 AM
League 1
Ramos tackle, Neymar’s remittance job: extracts from PSG training
11/19/2021 At 3:59 PM
