Author of a double and an assist against Ukraine this Thursday (4-0), Kylian Mbappé reached a symbolic milestone. The captain of the Blues scored his 400th career goal, the 55th in 94 caps under the rooster jersey.
The Bondynois thus surpasses Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo by becoming, at 26 years and 328 days, the youngest player of the 21st century to reach this level. Figures which illustrate its precociousness and its extraordinary regularity.
“I never know what to do with this kind of record”
For Daniel Riolo, columnist on RMC, this impressive total is not, however, what he remembers first about Mbappé’s career. “ Mbappé’s 400 goals? I don’t know, I never know what to do with this kind of record. May it be a lot, may it be an extraordinary player. After the number of goals, it’s a bit like Cristiano Ronaldo. You have a host of matches today where the gaps have become so big that you can score goals and records. Later, we will have to talk about Mbappé as you will talk about Cristiano Ronaldo, for me it will be for what they have concretely accomplished in major competitions », he explained on the microphone of theAfter Footon RMC Sport.
What really remains engraved in the columnist’s mind is his hat-trick in the 2022 World Cup final against Argentina. “ Mbappé in 1, the record I don’t care, on the other hand the 2022 World Cup when he starts to crash and he scores the goals he scored in a final, that remains unique. Like Cristiano Ronaldo with his Champions Leagues. It’s not knowing that Mbappé put 60 or 70 in the French team. That, I don’t care a bit, it’s like Pelé with his 1200. Pelé will remain the World Cup 70, the man who practically invented modern football. We don’t care about these records », concludes Riolo.
