Kylian Mbappé puts all the chances on his side
Kylian Mbappé is making an XXL start to the season. “ Scorer at all times » headlines the newspaper The Teamwith 16 goals in 12 matches, the Kyks have quite simply had the best start to the season of their career. He scores every 66 minutes, a boon for Real Madrid who need Mbappé at his best. The royal version of an ever more impressive Mbappé, he finally seems perfectly adapted to the Madrid context and he has taken the reins of his team. The number 10 of Real knows that he is in a crucial season: the second with the Madrid club so he will be eagerly awaited given the few trophies last season, and obviously the World Cup next summer. For that, Mbappé will be able to count on his new talent, penalties. He became a master from eleven meters, moreover, he has not missed a single attempt since December 4, 2024 against Bilbao. An important detail when we know that he could have missed several with PSG, upon his arrival at Real and obviously with the Blues at the Euro against Switzerland.
Lucas Zidane and the pride of representing Algeria
A goalkeeper is talking at the moment, a certain Luca Zidane. The son of the 98 world champion chose to play for Algeria, a choice that is talked about, but which made many people happy, especially in the Zidane family where the link with Algeria is still powerful. His grandfather Smail and of course his father Zinedine were very happy to learn that Luca Zidane was going to represent the country of his origins, with all that that implies. And in Algeria having a Zidane in the national team is obviously something crazy, besides, we are already pushing for him to become number 1. Algeria faces Somalia this Thursday in front of 60,000 people and the main attraction of this meeting is called Luca Zidane, even though we don't even know if he will start. It doesn't matter for Algerian supporters, for the moment, we just want to enjoy having a Zidane in the selection. The rest they will see later.
Mateta’s atypical journey
For the gathering of the French team, we can also count on the support of the very solid Jean-Philippe Mateta. The Crystal Palace striker is preparing to discover the French team at the age of 28, which is rather late in the 21st century. The London club's scorer spoke in The Teamhe talks about his journey strewn with pitfalls and the number of stages he had to go through to finish today in the blue jersey. And even if Mateta may have been criticized by certain teammates for his ambitions which seemed excessive, he was right because today, he is indeed selected for the French team. And barring any surprises, he will have playing time tomorrow against Azerbaijan.
