For once, the first “Kylian, Kylian!
of the evening left from the… Junior Club, the area of the Parc des Princes reserved for children whose eyes are so important to him.
And as if by magic all the rest of the public chanted the first name of the French striker.
Against Lorient, Mbappé scored twice and sent three assists, two to Neymar and one to Messi.
He also brought the CUP (Collectif Ultras Paris) out of its silence and offered Paris a happy and smiling evening.
Forgotten the icy welcome against Bordeaux and the whistles against Neymar and Messi, forgotten the stinging defeat in Monaco (3-0) before the international break.
Paris is back and keeps twelve points ahead of Marseille as a direct confrontation between the leader and his runner-up looms in a fortnight.
As so many times this season, the light came from Kylian Mbappé.
Already, at the start of the week, his capital performance with the Blues against South Africa (5-0), where he also scored twice, had aroused the most enthusiastic comments.
Like Didier Deschamps who found him "radiant".
"He ranks among the exceptional players," added the coach.
He has this intelligence to be part of a collective on, but also off the field.
So much the better for the France team to have a player like him.
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Against Lorient, the child of Bondy continued on his way.
At full speed.
“When you're dealing with a player like that, it's very difficult, commented Christophe Pélissier, the Merlus coach.
There are few people who see such strong players.
At present, it is quite simply the best in the world.
I have been saying this for a long time.
It's a chance to have him in Paris and in the France team.
Afterwards, when you are an opponent, you are especially not happy that he is there!
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The interested party, whom we will have seen warmly congratulating Neymar after the Brazilian's first goal but also asking for even more support from the public, was satisfied with his evening.
"We are very happy because we are moving forward again," he said on Prime Video.
We know that now we only have the championship, we have to win.
We must bring this tenth title back to the supporters, to the club.
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From the top of his new exceptional performance but also from his 160 goals now in the Parisian jersey, he evokes the silence of the ultras: “It is much more acceptable.
They have the right not to be happy.
Against Bordeaux they took some players to task.
I think we all messed up, we all lost.
There (Editor's note: against Lorient), they did not fix.
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Mauricio Pochettino, he did not try to add to it.
"Kylian is one of the three, four best players in the world," he simply pointed out.
For the children of the Park, this Sunday evening, it was undoubtedly at the very top.
