"It's time for me to take on more responsibility."
Since this media release which made a lot of noise in 2019, Kylian Mbappé has grown even further with PSG.
But in Barcelona, Tuesday, in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, the world champion will have to rise much higher still.
It is indeed a team deprived of its superstar Neymar, injured like Angel Di Maria, who will tread the lawn of the Camp Nou.
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It would obviously be unfair to put all the pressure on his shoulders alone.
But the 22-year-old world champion will be on the front line more than ever.
Mauricio Pochettino prefers to speak of balance and collective, of bloc and solidarity.
The Parisian coach is right.
And if we talk about individualities, the role of Keylor Navas, Marquinhos or Marco Verratti, long uncertain but ultimately present, will also be preponderant.
But the great players win the great games.
Make the stats lie
Moreover, Barcelona are not overflowing with confidence.
There will be spaces and
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