The French team has two matches remaining in these 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The Blues will host Ukraine on Thursday evening, in Paris (8:45 p.m.), before heading to Baku to face Azerbaijan. With, it is to be hoped, their ticket for the North American World Cup already in their pocket. A success at the Parc des Princes would allow them to play this last meeting without pressure.
“When you play a national match at home, you don’t want to losedeclared Kylian Mbappé. There is additional pressure because there is qualifying at the end. And it’s a special day (ten years after the attacks of November 13, 2015, editor’s note). We will try to win, to make the spectators at the stadium and the television viewers smile. We are here to play, to give pleasure. »
Kylian Mbappé, the record is getting closer!
And to break records? The French captain will still have the opportunity during these two meetings. To date, only four goals separate him from the current best director in the history of the Blues, Olivier Giroud (57 goals against 53). The Real Madrid striker will therefore do everything to get back to his LOSC counterpart, who retired internationally after Euro 2024.
In October, during the last rally, Kylian Mbappé did not hide the fact that he had this record in his sights.
“I think I’m going to beat him, but I don’t know whenhe said at a press conference. It’s something that will come naturally and I’ll move on from there. » A new opportunity presents itself to him. To end the year in style.
