Mbappé, a jewel for his 300th career (video)

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick on Saturday in Nice against Gibraltar. Including a distant lob to score his 300th career goal.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, neither of these two football legends had reached 300 career goals before the age of 25. This shows the performance of Kylian Mbappé, who is a big month shy of his 25e anniversary (next December 20), validated this milestone on Saturday by scoring a hat-trick with the Blues against Gibraltar (14-0 French victory).

It’s a fantastic lob launched from almost 45 meters at the 82e minute that the French prodigy signed the 300e achievement of his young career – his 46e under the rooster’s jersey, in 74 caps. “ I had been watching the opposing goalkeeper for at least 25 minutes.says the captain of the Blues on TF1. He was very advanced, I didn’t understand why. Afterwards, it’s instinct. When Youssouf gets the ball, I know straight away what I’m going to do… »

“A new stage”

Now the only third scorer in the history of the France team, ahead of Antoine Griezmann, whom he surpasses today (44) and behind Olivier Giroud (56) and Thierry Henry (51), Kylian Mbappé is enjoying this without overdoing it. new bar reached in his personal ascension: “ 300 goals is a new milestone for me but it takes second place, we had an extraordinary collective performance. This is a step, I want to continue to be decisive for the national team and the club. »

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