A victory to ensure qualification. Didier Deschamps’ men face the Netherlands this Friday, October 13, 2023. In the event of a victory for the French team, the teammates of Kylian Mbappé will qualify for the next Euro. Everything started well in the 7th minute. Indeed, the French prodigy ended a series of four games without scoring. The footballer from Bondy found the net again, which allowed him to equal the number of goals scored by Michel Platini with the Blues.
The former captain of the French team saw Kylian Mbappé return to his level after scoring his 41st goal and climbs to 4th place among the top scorers in the history of the French team. Interestingly, both players needed the same number of caps to reach this number. They had to wait to play 72 games to reach it. But he is still far from the top scorer Olivier Giroud who has 54 units.
Netherlands 0 – 1 France #NEDFRAA goal that Kylian Mbappé dedicates to one of his loved ones who died this week. This is the reason why he left Clairefontaine for a few hours 2 days ago, to go and pay his respects in Bondy. (@SaberDesfa) The match in… pic.twitter.com/nZI2r5zYUt
— TF1 (@TF1) October 13, 2023
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Kylian Mbappé pays his tribute
However, the PSG striker didn’t have the heart to celebrate his record. Indeed, just after scoring, he wanted to pay tribute to a loved one who died a few days ago. This disappearance led the French team striker to prematurely leave the players’ gathering in Clairefontaine. Didier Deschamps in fact gave him permission to go to Bondy to offer his condolences to the family of the deceased on Wednesday October 11 before meeting his partners in the evening. This is why, by scoring his first goal, Kylian Mbappé immediately looked up and pointed his fingers to the sky to pay homage to this loved one gone too soon.
In the second half, the French prodigy once again found the net with a superb right-footed shot, allowing him once again to think of the missing person.
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