Godfather of Premiers de Cordée, the PSG striker made a surprise appearance at the association’s annual concert on Saturday evening in Paris.
A few hours after Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in Reims (3-0) on Saturday where he distinguished himself by scoring a hat-trick, Kylian Mbappé participated in the annual concert of the Premiers de Cordée association of which he is the godfather.
Many artists and personalities took over the legendary Parisian stage for this charity event in favor of hospitalized children. Returning from his match in Champagne, the Parisian striker came at the end of the evening to greet an audience white-hot by the performances of Jean-Louis Aubert, Gaëtan Roussel, Anne Sila and Patrick Fiori accompanied on stage by the Rockaway group from journalist Christian Jeanpierre.
«I tried to come as quickly as possiblehe admitted with a smile, dressed all in black, cap on his head, with the PSG tracksuit. I’m a little late but as they say, better late than never. It’s always a pleasure to see that all the people who are there share the same values as us, the same values as this association. The goal of this show is to help and transmit. Considering the smiles and the looks, I think it didn’t go too bad.” A successful surprise, to the great pleasure of the many people present, especially the children, happy to see the captain of the French team arrive on the Olympia stage.
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In addition to Kylian Mbappé, surrounded in particular by his brother Ethan and his father Wilfried, Arsène Wenger, Nathalie Péchalat (president of the association since last January), the handball legend Thierry Omeyer and the Olympic ice dancing champion Gabriella Papadakis were also present. Created in 1999, Premiers de Cordée offers sports initiations to hospitalized children as well as disability awareness actions thanks to the work of its volunteers. This evening, a real success on all levels, allowed the association to raise 100,000 euros.
