Leaving Paris last summer, Kylian Mbappé hoped to write a new glorious page in Madrid. Ironically: it is the very year of his departure that PSG won the Champions League, after a brilliant campaign. A cruel scenario for the player, but a consecration expected for decades for the capital's club. At the end of the final won 5-0 against Inter Milan, all eyes naturally turned to the old number 7 of the park.
A sober and elegant Instagram story
And against all odds, Mbappé reacted. Discreetly, without noise or interview, but with elegance. In an Instagram story published in the wake of the match, he praised the performance of his former teammates: “The big day has finally arrived, the victory and with the manner of a whole club, congratulations PSG”he wrote, accompanied by friendly emojis. A simple message, without frills, but which testifies to a fair play to greet. Even in bitterness, the champion remains worthy.
In the hours that followed, mockery was not long in flowering on social networks. Ironic visuals, memes created via artificial intelligence showing it disappointed or crying … Some Parisian supporters have not resisted the urge to take revenge symbolically. However, Mbappé never lacked respect for PSG, and his reaction deserves to be noted. As David Ginola pointed out on Canal+: “You shouldn't throw the stone. He had a dream, that of playing Real. »»
PSG European champion, and Mbappé takes silence
This scenario strangely recalls that of Jean-Pierre Papin, who left Marseille in 1992… before seeing the OM crowned European champion in 1993. Mbappé, too, will have shortly missed the supreme accomplishment with his training club. The story is cruel, but it does not erase its seven years of loyal service to PSG, or the class of its message.
There remains one last unknown: will Mbappé congratulate Nasser al-Khelaïfi in person? Nothing is less certain. The tensions between the two men were well documented, and it is difficult to imagine a cordial exchange. For the moment, only PSG has been honored. But whatever happens, the reaction of French deserves respect. He stayed above the fray.
