Against Real Sociedad this Wednesday at the Parc des Princes, he once again broke the deadlock.
Perfectly contained by the Basque defenders since the start of the match, Kylian Mbappé, with a subtle recovery at the far post, opened the scoring in the 58th minute, launching the Parisians towards a precious victory with a view to qualifying for the quarter-finals. final (2-0) v.
Speaking to Christophe Jallet, consultant for Canal +, the French striker expressed his satisfaction, despite a very average first half.
“In the first half, we had difficulty getting out of the pressure,” he admitted.
We could have had more personality, we could have done a little better, but it's part of the learning process and we didn't pay dearly for it.
In the second half, we come back with more conviction.
We scored at key moments in the match.
We are happy, there is still a lot of work but we are leaving with an advantage, so we are happy.
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“Looking for that kind of defensive performance”
In addition to the two goals, the Parisian defense should also be one of Luis Enrique's satisfactions.
The Rouge et Bleu had not completed a match without conceding a goal in the Champions League since the third day of the group stage, against AC Milan (3-0).
“The clean sheet is important,” confirmed Kylian Mbappé.
We are looking for this kind of defensive performance in the Champions League.
It's against a team that hasn't scored much recently, but the Champions League is different, they came with a lot of desire.
We score at times that hurt.
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The captain of the France team also looked ahead to the return match on March 5.
“They will attack a little more so we will have spaces,” he said.
If we have all these spaces over 40m, we're going to go there and we're going to score.
The important thing is to put quality in our ball output.
We will prepare for this return match and do what we need to do.
» With this 2-0 at the Parc des Princes, qualification for the quarter-finals is in any case on track.