If there is one that the departure of Kylian Mbappé does not seem to disturb, it is Xavi Simons. Four days after a painful defeat in the Champions League against Real Madrid, the young Dutch international (20 years old, 12 caps) from Leipzig scored a superb goal this Saturday in the league against Borussia Mönchengladbach (2-0) .
His sequence of controlling his thigh while running to get up the ball, followed by a first intention recovery, is a little gem, a marvel, a class gesture for a player who took in the space of a few months a completely different dimension under the colors of the German club.
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