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Mbappé, who played on the left of a 4-2-3-1, led his team out at the Stade de France against the Netherlands, as, if not an elder statesman, then at least an experienced head in the team. A ropey Dutch side provided surprisingly little resistance, even if they were diminished by illness and injury. They conceded twice inside the first 10 minutes, Griezemann and Dayot Upamecano scoring, before Mbappé added a pair of superb finishes to seal the result. His parents grew up in Bondy: Wilfried, of Cameroonian origin, and Mbappé’s mother Fayza, of Algerian descent. Mixed marriages are common in the Parisian suburbs, the banlieues, but the couple did have to defy some local disapproval. His scoring run continued against Ajaccio a week later as he bagged a pair of second-half goals as PSG won in a 5-0 romp. The former Monaco man's first was a scrappy goal from inside the box, yet the second could barely have been any different as he scored a stunning volley that underlined his qualities and sent the Corsican side into Ligue 2.
He then netted again at Santiago Bernabeu to put them 2-0 up on aggregate, though that lead was surrendered due to Karim Benzema’s last-gasp heroics for Madrid. Mbappé is thought to have been planning to join Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer, but the tone of PSG's reinstatement may prove otherwise. It is still unclear if he has agreed to sign an extension, but Real Madrid fans are livid. Some were hoping that a last-minute deal would be sorted this summer, but the player appears to have snubbed the Spanish giants once more in favour of his current club. His huge goal tally meant he was named the Ligue 1 top scorer for a fourth straight season. Kylian Mbappe 2020-21 stats
Kylian Mbappe 2020-21 stats
Mbappe drew another blank against Nice the following week, but Lionel Messi bagged a goal and an assist as they beat Nice 2-0. That run continued the following Saturday when PSG went to Reims in Ligue 1 and drew 0-0. Mbappe started the game but Lionel Messi missed out because of injury and Neymar was given a breather on the bench. He struggled to have an influence on the game and was booked in the closing stages for making a petulant foul. Surely he’s now too big a player for the French league? He umms and aws: “France isn’t the best championship in the world, but it’s my responsibility, as a flagship player, to help the league grow.” Yet he may well leave this summer, to Real Madrid or England. The decision, perhaps the biggest he’ll face in his career, will be made inside his family. Almost uniquely for a star footballer, Mbappé doesn’t have an agent, just lawyers. An 18-year-old Kylian Mbappé after scoring for Monaco against Manchester City in the Champions League. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
He was quieter four days later as PSG won 2-1 at Lorient but found the net against Auxerre in the final match before the World Cup break on November 13. Earlier this summer, Mbappe was dropped from the list of travelling players who joined PSG's pre-season tour of South Korea and Japan. Then, when the squad returned to training in Paris earlier this month, Mbappe was sent to train with the reserves and was even left to watch from the bench as PSG opened their Ligue 1 campaign against Lorient at the Parc des Princes on Saturday. The more you become an important person, the more duties you have. I’m no longer the little kid. I’m Kylian MbappéThe nearer the match came, the less stressed I was’: Paul Pogba, left, and Mbappé celebrate winning the World Cup for France by defeating Croatia 4–2 in the final on 15 July 2018, in Moscow. Mbappé, aged 19 at the time, scored the fourth goal for Les Bleus David Ramos - FIFA // Getty Images And he finished the Champions League group stages as top scorer in the competition on seven goals by finding the net again versus Juventus on matchday six in a 2-1 win. He also got the assist for Nuno Mendes' winner. He played the full game against Benfica in Champions League matchday three without a goal contribution. The Mbappés sifted the countless offers and chose Monaco, where the route to the first team looked shortest. Mbappé arrived there, he says, “with my [footballing] baggage well filled.” He sat out the Coupe de France win against Chateauroux and the Ligue 1 clash against Angers and came on as a second-half sub in the 1-0 defeat at Rennes.
PSG are said to have offered Mbappe a revised one-year deal which includes a guaranteed sale clause. This basically means that they will let him leave next summer if he wishes, but instead of leaving on a free transfer, the move will have to include a transfer fee due to his extension until 2025. It remains to be seen if some version of this contract has been signed. Likewise, football fans are wondering how Real Madrid will react if they will be forced to pay a transfer fee after being led to believe that the player will be available for free in a year's time. He missed the first game of the season, the Trophee des Champions, due to suspension and also sat out the 5-0 Ligue 1 win against Clermont on matchday one due to injury. He finished on a career-best tally of 29 Ligue 1 goals after netting a penalty in a 3-2 loss against Clermont on the final day of the season. He might have hit 30 for the first time but tried to set up Lionel Messi for a goodbye goal - the Argentine missed a simple chance. Mbappe added another two goals in the Champions League on Tuesday, as well as laying on an assist for Lionel Messi, as PSG roared past Maccabi Haifa 7-2. His scoring streak was extended to three games in the following weekend as they bagged what proved to be PSG's winner from the penalty spot in a thrilling 4-3 home success over Troyes. Mbappe became the first player to net FIVE goals in a competitive game for PSG in January when his side beat non-league outfit Pays de Cassell 7-0 in the French Cup, with the forward also grabbing an assist for Neymar.Mbappe bagged a brace in his next game, sparing Paris' blushes to help secure a 4-3 win over Lille. He grew up practically inside the local football club, AS Bondy. “In the Parisian suburbs there are football fields everywhere,” he enthuses. “People here live for football. I was born with the sports ground facing my window.” It’s no wonder, he adds, that Paris’s suburbs are perhaps the deepest talent pool in global football, producing players such as Paul Pogba, Blaise Matuidi, N’Golo Kanté and Riyad Mahrez. Mbappe scored his first goal of 2023 in a friendly match against Riyadh All-Star XI, dispatching a 60th minute penalty as PSG ran out 5-4 winners despite Juan Bernat's first-half red card. The goal won't count towards Mbappe's statistics, however, as it wasn't a competitive match. Kids in performance-sports families learn that they never arrive. Each step up is just another learning opportunity. In Monaco’s first team, the teenaged Mbappé encountered the veteran Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, freshly returned from unhappy loan spells with Manchester United and Chelsea.
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