“Starboy”wrote Kylian Mbappé to congratulate his little brother in a story on Instagram. Launched in the 80th minute of the LOSC meeting against Toulouse (2-1), Sunday afternoon, for his first appearance this season, Ethan Mbappé gave the Dogues victory by taking over a center of Osame Sahraoui at the end of additional time (98th). The midfielder did not tremble by perfectly taking the ball from his left foot.
Victim of a new muscular injury on April 27 (a muscle of the hamstrings), Ethan Mbappé did not participate in the preseason of the northern formation. He resumed in his corner to finally return to training during the international window. And made the nets tremble for the first time in his career, after 5 games with PSG and 14 with Lille.
Bruno Genesio entrusted him to the press several times last season, he very much appreciates the young player's investment and believed that the quality of percussion of Ethan Mbappé made it an interesting option on the right side of his offensive sector. The injuries unfortunately spoiled the first year of the midfielder far from his brother Kylian and the Parisian training center.
Ethan Mbappé convinced internally
Framework of the Lille wardrobe, Nabil Bentaleb has only sweet words with regard to Ethan Mbappé. The Algerian international defensive midfielder, also a scorer against the Toulousains (equalizing on penalty in the 90th minute), believes strongly in the success of his young teammate who will celebrate his 19th birthday on December 29.
“Honestly, I really appreciate Ethan. I am very happy for him because he went through difficult periods with injuries. We know how frustrating it can be when you can't play, especially when there are important expectations around you. This goal will do him good and I hope he will be able to find his legs. We all know his potential and we know that he will do a lot of good in the collective ”assures Bentaleb, as reported
lepetitlillois.com.
