France-South Africa (5-0): Kylian Mbappé delights

Kylian Mbappé had achieved a masterpiece at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium on February 6 during the L 1 match between Lille and PSG (1-5).

Slightly eccentric on the left side, Bondy's crack had mystified the Lille goalkeeper with a splendid strike in the skylight.

Bis repeated a little over a month and a half later.

Against South Africa on Tuesday March 29 in a friendly, the PSG striker opened the scoring in the same way and in the same place with a magnificent shot curled into the top corner of Ronwen Williams (1-0, 24th) after good serve from Antoine Griezmann.

A goal that this time capsized the Pierre-Mauroy stadium.

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Very strong after his absence on Friday against Côte d'Ivoire (2-1) in Marseille due to an ENT infection, Kylian Mbappé appeared particularly active on the attacking front, showing himself in support of his teammates and by rewarding the public with the gestures of which he has the secret.

After the break, he first passes very close to the double but his attempt is diverted by the South African goalkeeper on the crossbar (52nd).

The northern supporters were then enthusiastic about a gesture of genius from the Parisian to eliminate two defenders before seeing his shot repelled by Ronwen Williams (63rd).

Persevering the former Monegasque gets a penalty which he converts (76th) after making Siyanda Xulu dance on the left in the area.

He is also at the origin, being at the penultimate pass,

As always, the response on the ground

The prodigy of the Blues was noticed at the start of the rally last Tuesday by refusing to participate in a marketing operation with the France team.

A decision that has re-examined the subject of image rights in blue.

After this choice, he announced that he would respond as always on the ground.

Package against Ivory Coast (2-1), Kylian Mbappé, 23, wanted to extend his effectiveness in blue during this friendly match in Lille.

And once again, he matched his words with deeds.

A match that gave him a smile after the elimination of his club in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Real Madrid during a nightmarish second period.

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His missed Euro is already very far.

Since the start of the school year, Kylian Mbappé has scored in his last five games for the France team.

Author of 9 goals during this period (Belgium, Spain, quadruple against Kazakhstan, Finland and therefore a South Africa double), he equals the best performance of a scorer in the French team since Karim Benzema in 2013-2014.

Impressive statistics for a player aged only 23, who already has 26 goals in 54 caps.

This Tuesday evening, he combined manner and efficiency like a crack.

After his absence from the photo shoots which had annoyed the president of the FFF Noël Le Graët, the latter had said that he hoped to see a good Kylian Mbappé on the ground last Friday in Marseille.

He finally saw him this Tuesday in Lille and he was very good.