Paris (AFP)

One time is not customary, in the Champions League, his last match is a failure: Kylian Mbappé found Tuesday the C1, he who breaks all records in this competition, seven months after the humiliation against Manchester United.

This is saying that the French prodigy is eager to reconnect with the most prestigious competitions.

It was not until mid-September, at the prestigious reception of Real Madrid (3-0), because of a left thigh injury that kept him off the field for a month.

This will be done in the Galatasaray cauldron broth on Tuesday, the stadium that usually receives prestigious guests with the respect due to their rank.

It remains to be seen whether Mbappé will start the game or will first be on the bench.

Given its thunderous entry into play Saturday in Bordeaux, and in view of the new absence of Neymar who will serve his second and final match suspension, Paris would be nice to want to accelerate his real return.

It is only "the beginning of my return", tempered Mbappé Saturday, he who played only 30 minutes.

-The C1, career goal-

And his coach Thomas Tuchel, though he obviously appreciated his performance, also played caution.

"He told me that the thirty minutes were tiring.We must be attentive and very serious with the minutes," said the German technician.

Without Neymar, and while Icardi - present on the bench in Bordeaux but without playing - and Cavani - completely absent in the Gironde - are still uncertain, Tuchel does not have a plethora of solutions either.

And we must also deal with the appetite of Mbappé, hungry for success and recognition and whose first career goal is to win the Champions League.

But the C1 is also his garden. In 24 games, the prodigy has already scored 14 goals in the competition, which is already equal to ... Zidane, for example. Especially, at his age, 20, Lionel Messi had only two and Cristiano Ronaldo, none. They are today the two best scorers in the history of the competition (126 goals for Ronaldo and 112 goals for Messi).

Seven months ago, the previous attempt ended in humiliation after a 3-1 defeat at Parc des Princes against Manchester United. While the first leg, with Mbappé scorer, had been a formality (2-0 for Paris).

- "You play with ten players, not only" -

In the aftermath of this fiasco, Mbappé appeared stunned.

"I have not managed to sleep, it's difficult, we had worked hard to get to this moment," he said.

"I think a lot of people doubt, will doubt in the future, but I continue to believe in this project, we will get to do something good," he recalled.

This summer, gone on vacation in the United States, the striker came back on his desire to C1.

"The most important thing is to win the Champions League because winning the Golden Ball does not stay in the story, because you play with ten players and not alone," he said at the microphone. the American channel ESPN, in full tour to make it better known on the other side of the Atlantic.

"If I played tennis, I would say the Golden Ball because in tennis you play alone Football is a team sport and I think if you want to win the Golden Ball, you have to first win the Champions League, "he repeated.

For him, the quest starts again on Tuesday, in Turkey.

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