PSG-Monaco (0-2): Mbappé, from light to shadow

Inspiration probably only works in the direction Paris - province.

Five days after serving as a muse for Erling Haaland, Dortmund striker, Kylian Mbappé did not know how to feed off the exploits of the other nugget of the football planet to reproduce, against Monaco, the performance that subjugated Europe Tuesday night in Barcelona.

Publicized after his show of force at Camp Nou, Kylian Mbappé has not returned politeness to the one already designated as his main competitor in the race for the throne that the Messi - Ronaldo tandem will soon leave vacant.

After having made Europe and its legends tremble, having crushed Messi's Barça with all his class, his confidence and a daring as insolent as his realism, the prodigy of Bondy missed his return to the ordinary this Sunday during of the defeat against Monaco (2-0).

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Five days after his most breathtaking performance in the Paris jersey, the top scorer in Ligue 1 (16 goals) is not even far from having made his most tasteless copy since his arrival in the capital.

Five years, almost to the day, after scoring his very first pro goal with Monaco - February 20, 2016 against Troyes - the number 7 had the opportunity to celebrate this anniversary against his training club.

Unable to shake up the Monegasque defense

"We must not leave room for relaxation," had warned Mauricio Pochettino as if to warn his players about the risk of decompression that could follow the feat in Barcelona.

Did Kylian Mbappé get stuck in the emotional elevator?

Only certainty, the native of Bondy was invisible, or almost during this 26th day of the championship.

It was certainly not helped by the absence of Verratti and the lack of inspiration of Paredes, Herrera, even Gueye, however more active, to be supplied with exploitable balloons.

But if we had quickly felt in canes in Catalonia, this Sunday, his first checks, his first deliveries, mainly to the rear did not bode well.

It was indeed necessary to wait for the first quarter of an hour to witness his first center (too strong) from the left and the first half hour to see him try to eliminate Aguilar.

It didn't take so much for Disasi to take the measure of the world champion when it was necessary.

Because the statistics speak for themselves.

Paris, for the first time in the QSI era at the Parc, did not frame a strike in the first period.

Mbappé will not have really noted the figures in seconds.

In ninety minutes, the world champion will have touched only five balls in the Monegasque area and will have framed only one shot, in the 92nd minute.

A sign of all his frustration, he even received a warning for a bad gesture on Disasi.