It's that we're going to end up believing it, in this story of Kylian Mbappé marabouted by Paul Pogba out of nowhere by Mathias Pogba on the networks this weekend.

Because nothing rational can explain his shot on the post in the first period of PSG-Monaco, itself following a shot from Messi that came crashing into the other post of Nübel.

For the Argentinian, pass again.

We are used to it, and then the strike has the advantage of being distant.

An excuse behind which Kyky does not have the privilege of being able to hide.

We are talking about a ball that comes back to the feet, right in front of the goal with a strawberry goalkeeper.

A "tap-in" as he has put dozens and as he will continue to put for a big decade.

Except this time.

Mbappé in pure toe?

Okay

Same observation for his face-to-face with the same Nübel at the end of the match on an action he knows by heart.

As the blocks untie under the influence of intensity and fatigue, Mbappé is launched in depth.

A pipe-breaking ball for any normal human that turns into a brilliant pass for the young man and his steel rods.

In two and a half strides, Mbappon finds himself facing Nübel.

On a good day, he adjusts it with the flat of his foot, or better, he makes it dance before going to score in the empty net.

On Sunday, he failed.

It happens.

But so little that we must underline it.

Beyond the missed opportunities, it is worth highlighting in fluorescent yellow the feeling of discomfort released by Kyky in this leading role.

Between the balls he went for out of time and the rezoning in the territories of Messi and Neymar, depriving the Parisian attack of solutions in the area, it was not good Mbappé.

The end of the penalty gate

We could have added to the list of faults a certain casualness and a body language of a sulky teenager, but his magnanimous act - and only feat of arms of the evening - took precedence over the rest.

By letting Neymar do justice to the penalty he had just obtained and by completely losing interest in the ball, the French international displayed his virtue in worldview.

That of a player ready to take on himself for the good of the collective.

Because Christophe Galtier confirmed it after the match:

“The hierarchy has been established, Kylian in one, Ney in two, then there is the reality of the moment.

Kylian let him shoot, I appreciated his attitude when he congratulated him, like that of Ney who thanked him.

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The penalty gate is closed.

For this time, we pass the towel on the bad match of Kyky.

But be careful not to repeat this kind of encounter too often.

The Nobel Peace Prize trick only works once.

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