His left arm tends to do anything
In 100 shades of Mbappé (Solar Editions), Fabien Bauman returns to an astonishing anecdote about the player's left arm when he begins a sprint when he takes support on his foot.
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During the push, as his right knee thrusts forward, he extends his left arm backwards.
A parasitic gesture
”, explains the author who relies on the words of Frédéric Aubert, responsible for the physical preparation of the French football teams “
This left arm which goes stretched backwards is a fantasy.
(…) In the sense of speed, it is a counter-movement.
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It owes its name to a Catholic bishop
The striker owes his first name to Kilian of Würzburg, an Irish-born missionary bishop who preached Catholicism in Bavaria in the 7th century.
Little Kylian was also in a Catholic church in a private establishment in 6th and 5th grade, at the Collège de l'Assomption in Bondy, but not for religious reasons.
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