UNFP trophies: Mbappé, best player in Ligue 1

2021-05-24T01:41:49.245Z

The 22-year-old Parisian striker was named best player in the French championship by his peers. Honors for Kylian Mbappé. Author of 26 goals in 30 matches before the last day, this Sunday, and the driving force of a Parisian team that sometimes coughed collectively during the season, the 22-year-old world champion was voted best player in the championship de France by its peers within the framework of the UNFP Trophies. The news had already leaked in recent days, it is now confirmed. Already

Honors for Kylian Mbappé. Author of 26 goals in 30 matches before the last day, this Sunday, and the driving force of a Parisian team that sometimes coughed collectively during the season, the 22-year-old world champion was voted best player in the championship de France by its peers within the framework of the UNFP Trophies. The news had already leaked in recent days, it is now confirmed. Already rewarded in 2019, Mbappé is ahead of Burak Yimaz (Lille), Memphis Depay (Lyon), Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) and his teammate in Paris, Neymar Jr. “It's a huge pride, it's the reward for the work done in the year, relishes the interested party, at the microphone of

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You have to start by thanking my teammates, they are the ones who help you, who give you confidence.

Even more when I have had worse periods.

The club too.

It is one more step in my history.

I always wanted to leave a mark in the championship.

It is an additional line, and not the least. ”

And to add: "It's all the other players in the championship who say that you are the best, I think there is no better advertisement for you."

"Six months of very high level"

Kylian Mbappé

Mbappé therefore succeeds himself, knowing that the UNFP Trophies had been canceled last year, Covid-19 obliges. He continues the Parisian tradition, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2013, 2014, 2016), Edinson Cavani (2017) and Neymar Jr (2018) honored before him in recent years. Only the former Lyonnais Alexandre Lacazette interrupted the hegemony of the capital club in 2015. Mbappé also joined Pedro Miguel Pauleta (2002, 2003) and Eden Hazard (2011, 2012) with his two trophies. Only one player has been named the best player in Ligue 1 three times, “Ibra”. “I had different phases in my season, without preparation I managed to remain decisive, even when sometimes in the game I was a little less good. Then, I managed to find legs, this physical going, this spontaneity in the game. I think II managed to do six months at a very high level, and I helped my team as best I could, ”he explains again, he who considers his season“ good ”.

And now ?

Kylian Mbappé and his partners will now turn to their last challenge of the season, the conquest of the title. It will be this Sunday evening in Brest (9 p.m., live commented), hoping for a misstep from Lille to Angers (9 p.m., the multiplex live). In the meantime, the capital club, semi-finalist in the Champions League, took control of the Coupe de France last Wednesday. And this with a decisive Mbappé in the final (a goal, an assist). “I try not to give myself limits, to help my team win trophies. It's great to see the happy friends, the staff, all the people who have worked very hard, that's what matters to me and I'm very happy, ”he savored. It remains to be seen whether he will display the same smile this Sunday evening ... One thing is certain: if Paris is still in the race before the last 90 minutes,it is thanks to the exploits of Keylor Navas, the consistency of Marquinhos and the talent of Kylian Mbappé, who did not steal his trophy for best player. The future will tell if it was the last, in the event of a departure this summer… “We are very clear with the club. We are going to do things in the order and in the right way, whether it be in one direction or the other ”, he slips on.

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Suspense ...

The complete list of UNFP Trophies

LIGUE 1

Best player

: Kylian Mbappé (PSG)

Best goalkeeper

: Keylor Navas (PSG)

Best hope

: Aurélien Tchouameni (Monaco)

Best coach

: Christophe Galtier (Lille)

Best goal

: to be awarded between Andy Delort (Montpellier), Dimitri Payet (Marseille), Irvin Cardona (Brest), Armand Laurienté (Lorient) and Burak Yilmaz (Lille)

LEAGUE 2

Best player

: Amine Adli (Toulouse)

Best goalkeeper

: Gauthier Gallon (Troyes)

Best coach

: Pascal Gastien (Clermont)

Best goal

: Gauthier Hein (Auxerre)

FOREIGN

Best French player playing abroad

: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid / ESP)