His laughter at the question about Paris Saint-Germain's plane trips, which had tarnished his image the day before at a press conference, gave way to a big smile on the lawn, for his 34 and 35th goals in C1.

The world champion scored two beautiful, volleys, after two one-twos, the first with Neymar (5th), the second with his accomplice Achraf Hakimi (22nd).

In the first exchange, on a call in the blink of an eye, Neymar gave him the ball perfectly in his race for a dry and crossed strike which left Mattia Perin defenseless (5th).

Mbappé also took the opportunity to throw the last handful of sand to extinguish any residual embers of the bickering with Neymar, about penalties.

He ostensibly greeted his passer and the two players celebrated with a chest-to-chest jump this opener.

Already the day before, before his laugh on the question of private jets, he had explained that he had to "know how to share the cake and put water in his wine" between penalty takers.

A happier formula than his "I don't think anything" on Monday.

"N.1, that does not mean that you take all the penalties," added Mbappé.

Ten days earlier against Monaco (1-1), Mbappé, N.1 shooter, had left the "peno" to "Ney" to seal the peace.

Fifth double in C1

As for their relationship, "there have been colder moments, warmer ones".

This one-two was a hot moment.

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The second is also a gem.

Started by a clever pass from Marco Verratti, the exchange takes place this time with Hakimi, for a new volley in the middle of the race from Mbappé, still unstoppable for the poor replacement for Wojciech Szczesny, injured.

The Bondynois did not succeed in everything, however.

Just as he sometimes experiences a few hiccups in his usually controlled communication, he rudely forgot Neymar on a golden counter-attack, preferring to strike in force, in the small-net, while his partner arrived at full speed of train in front of the goal (51st).

The Brazilian blamed him for this selfishness.

"Kyky" tried to catch up a few minutes later by crossing hard for Hakimi, but the Moroccan was a little short (55th).

At the start of the match, launched in depth by Marquinhos, Mbappé also failed to regain the ball by throwing himself (9th), but the gesture was difficult.

In search of a hat-trick, to match his performance against FC Barcelona in 2021 and FC Bruges, in the fall of 2019, Mbappé stopped at a fifth double in the Champions League.

He also crossed his shot too much (64th) and shot too softly after a pass from Ney (90th) on "hat trick" balls.

But he remained a poison all match for the Turinese, as evidenced by Bremer's ugly sole, which earned him a yellow card (24th).

Danilo was also warned for a clash with Mbappé (73rd).

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With this double, Mbappé joins Ferenc Puskas and Edinson Cavani in 20th place among the top scorers in the C1.

A better way to mark the spirits.

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