From one little greeting to the next. This Sunday, in Le Havre, Kylian Mbappé started his warm-up with a wave of the hand towards the young audience who ovated him in return. He left the field, duty accomplished, at the break, shirtless after having given his shirt to a player from Le Havre, again greeting the spectators above the tunnel.
Meanwhile, the Parisian striker had a full game, rich in multiple accelerations, dribbling and daring and successful technical gestures. Without forgetting a goal, the 4th of his team, in the 29th minute, after a control and a curled strike from the right.
Kylian Mbappé is therefore present from the resumption and this is very good news for PSG and Thomas Tuchel, who will therefore be able to count on his world champion for the deadlines. The prospect of a Champions League quarter-final on August 12 in Lisbon against Atalanta Bergamo motivates the PSG and Blues striker as rarely.
It is true that confinement was not an easy time for him. Having left for a house in the south-east of France, he saw several people around him affected by the Covid-19. Frustrated with play, he spared no efforts in the company of his father to have a physical interview and be ready for the recovery.
Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, the latest out of the #PSG coach pic.twitter.com/spBRWsNjtQ
- Le Parisien - PSG (@le_Parisien_PSG) July 12, 2020During the 8th final return against Dortmund (2-0), a severe angina had forced him to the status of substitute. He only came into play in the 63rd minute, in place of Sarabia. This also explains his strong desire to taste again the heyday of European competition.
Edouard Philippe: "We didn't have the impression that it was his recovery"
Another positive point for Paris, the Mbappé - Neymar agreement has once again worked. The two men appeared to be accomplices. The Frenchman was the first to congratulate the Brazilian after his superb goal. He also got the penalty, transformed by Neymar. "We did not have the impression that it was his recovery," says Edouard Philippe, the former Prime Minister, at the microphone of BeIN Sports. It does not give the impression of forcing. It just gives the impression of not being done like the others. "
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🔴🔵 @EPhilippe_LH, ex-Prime Minister and current Mayor of Le Havre, at the microphone of beIN SPORTS
🎙 "Mbappé gives the impression of not being done like the others" pic.twitter.com/96XOLrInqj
There remain two friendly matches and the two Cup finals so that Mbappé grows even stronger before the Final 8. For the Parisian staff, the challenge remains more than ever to manage his physical condition to avoid any injury for a player victim of a tear in the left thigh, late August 2019.
