After an international break, Ligue 1 resumes its rights this weekend. As part of the 9th day of the championship, Paris Saint-Germain opened the doors of its Parc des Princes, deprived of its Auteuil stand following the homophobic chants launched against OM on September 24, at the Racing Club in Strasbourg, looking for solutions after several disappointments. Unfortunately for Patrick Vieira’s men, the remedies for their ills were not found this Saturday on the Parisian lawn with a dry setback (3-0). Roughly criticized for almost a month for his silence in front of the cages, the French striker, Kylian Mbappé did not miss his meeting this Saturday, while he was struggling to find the net for four matches. The FM editorial team gave him a score of 7 for all of his work.
“It’s curious because he’s a player who scores 50 goals a year but when he goes 3 games without scoring, you worry. It’s not a machine, it’s a human. During these matches, he created chances. I am satisfied with his attitude, with what he brings to the team. You can’t doubt a player like Kylian. If we criticize him, we should stop playing football.declared the Spanish coach, Luis Enrique in an exclusive interview for Prime Video, just before the match kicked off. And one thing is certain: the native of Gijon was right to maintain his total confidence in his attacker because he responded this Saturday afternoon.
Mbappé has been everywhere!
Author of a magnificent international break with the Blues (three goals and an assist in two matches against the Netherlands and Scotland), Kylian Mbappé was expected at the turn for this return to school with Paris Saint-Germain. Criticism has been rife in the French press in recent weeks, due to a lack of realism over several matches. His last goal in Ligue 1 dates back to September 15 against OGC Nice when he scored twice in his team’s defeat (2-3). Against Strasbourg this Saturday, the Parisian number 7 did not tremble, quickly showing his speed on the side. Author of the opening score from a penalty (10th), he then delivered a superb assist on Carlos Soler’s goal (31st) after a lot of dribbling work on the side of the Alsatian area: “In the French team, he performed well, he scored. With us too, he performed well despite not scoring in the last few matches. But we shouldn’t just look at that, it’s Kylian, he’s a very, very good player. We shouldn’t just focus on the goals, he helped us collectively in the way he played.”explained Nordi Mukiele, in the mixed zone after the match.
Despite some scares in the second half, Kylian Mbappé did not come out and played the entire match cleanly and efficiently. Sometimes singled out for attempts that were too messy or breakthroughs as a soloist, the captain of the French team showed a real impact against the Alsatians. Very vocal with his teammates, he finished the match with a total of 83% successful passes, winning five of his seven duels in the game and even causing three Strasbourg fouls. With a lot of activity and a significant volume of play, he even came close to scoring a double with a little more success against Matz Sels (42nd, 53rd): “When Kylian is on the pitch, the opposing defense defends differently, it’s not just the goals, you have to see the game in its entirety. Kylian played the whole match, he was decisive, he scored and he made an assist, I am very happy for him. I hope he will start again on Tuesday (Wednesday against Milan, editor’s note.)”, concluded Mukiele. In any case, Kylian Mbappé is doing well to the delight of Parisians…
