that should we remember from his match? The efficiency with which he opened the scoring by shooting the poor Belgian goalkeeper? His double scored in six minutes 23 seconds? Or his successive assist to a smallt-bridge and lightning-fast acceleration?
Tuesday evening, Kylian Mbappé delivered a recital to the public who had come to brave the cold of the Parc des Princes at an unusual time. Double scorer and decisive passer, the Parisian continues to establish himself as the offensive leader of his team, a few months before the end of his contract in the capital.
In addition to the numbers, the 9th in the classification of the Ballon d’Or was decisive in the game, Tuesday, December 7. His first period is a model of its kind. Dribbler, passer and even present at the pressing: Mbappé showed the way to his people against a team completely overwhelmed at the start of the match.
Sometimes criticized for his obsession with the goal, the world champion continues to prove that he is making efforts for the collective. 33 of his 38 attempted passes were successful (87%), according to the statistics of the newspaper L’Équipe, without playing against nature. As usual, he went to provoke the opposing defense by his dribbling. He only missed one (5/6, 83% success).
⌛️ End of the match and end of this group stage with this great victory! (4-1)#PSGCLU
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– Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) December 7, 2021
Tonight, he will have combined a lot with Nuno Mendes on his side, before delivering the assist to Messi. A connection not yet obvious or even optimal with the six-fold Golden Ball. But a connection that Mbappé wants to work on: “We’re gonna need him when the matches count, he declared at the microphone of Canal +. It is good that he arrives in a better mood “.
For weeks, while the discussions revolve around the astonishing weakness of the Parisians, he has established himself as the safe bet of PSG. A simple statistic to justify it: Kylian Mbappé is involved in 49% of his team’s goals this season in all competitions (23 out of 47). Huge. All the more impressive when, at the same time, the two other stars of the attack, a Ballon d’Or and the most expensive player in history, are still struggling to have the expected return.
Everything has already been said about its summer. From his initial inclinations to his missed penalty against Switzerland at the Euro. The fact remains that since then, and in addition to his media comments, the native of Bondy also responds in the field. In Ligue 1, he has already scored seven goals and signed eight assists. The numbers are just as dithyrambic in the Champions League: four goals and four assists in six days. In total, he is the first player to sign a “double double” in the European Top 5 this season, in all competitions (11 goals, 12 assists).
At his exit in the 83rd minute, Kylian Mbappé was acclaimed by the Park. When applauding his genius, the Parisian supporters had in mind only his double and his debauchery of energy. Without doubt what to remember from his evening.