The France team won (2-1) against Denmark on Saturday thanks to a double from Kylian Mbappé.
With seven goals scored in just nine World Cup games, the Parisian continues to amaze the world with his performances and statistics.
At only 23 years old, Mbappé still has time ahead of him to register his name among the legends of the queen of competitions.
From our Special Envoy in Doha,
We are going to take you behind the scenes of this 20 Minutes World Cup tonight and tell you about the case of conscience that was ours after this great success for the Blues against Denmark on Saturday, which sent them straight to the round of 16.
What should we write so much happened Saturday night in Doha?
A Griezmann, the new box-to-box of the Blues?
Without a doubt.
Another on the nuclear strike force of this French team?
Yes my general.
But after ?
It would not be bad all the same to project ourselves on the match of Tunisia, Wednesday, and to evoke the turnover that will be able to afford to carry out Didier Deschamps in order to involve a maximum of players in this adventure.
But that would imply skipping the article on Kylian Mbappé, author of a double on Saturday evening and who already sits at the top of the scoring charts for this World Cup.
Haaaaaa storm under a skull!
And suddenly there was light.
By falling on this stat which is worth what it is worth, that is to say a lot, and which says that the French striker became with Pelé the first player under 24 to reach the bar of seven goals in the Cup of the world, the dice are cast.
So it will be a Mbappé!
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If the departure of Benzema must have cost Kylian the man, whom he greatly appreciates, even to whom he has had boundless admiration since Euro 2021 for his professionalism on a daily basis, not sure that it is the same. for the athlete.
Because the keys to the French attack, and therefore to the blue-white-red truck, are now in his own hands.
Didn't it be said in the entourage of the Blues the day after the departure of the Madrid player that there were now 25 "warriors" behind Mbappé?
If he is obviously not alone in leading the tricolor attack - Giroud's double in the first match and the zinzin performance of Dembouz's space on Saturday attest to this - he does not prevent, from the height of his 23 years, Kylian Mbappé is the man on whom all hopes rest.
The one who must make the difference, the X factor, or even the clutch player for our basketball friends across the Atlantic.
That's what he did on Saturday.
First by opening the scoring after a ball comeback from nearly 40 meters and a one-two with Théo Hernandez, then by freeing the Blues with a thigh weasel goal, after the Danes came back to score against the course of the game.
With already seven goals in the World Cup (in nine short games), nine lengths behind the German Miroslav Klose, the top scorer in the history of the competition with 16 pawns scored in four editions, Mbappé is on the royal road to go up this ranking at full speed and leave behind legends of the game like Gabriel Batistuta (10 goals), Gary Lineker (10), Jurgen Klinsmann (11), Pelé (12), Gerd Müller (14) or Ronaldo the Brazilian ( 15).
Without going so far as to guarantee it on the evening of this victory against the Danes, Jules Koundé admits that the machine is launched.
“When you know Kylian a little, you know that he wants to mark each competition he plays with his mark, and he is doing it in the World Cup”, affirms the one who replaced Benjamin Pavard on the right side defense on Saturday.
At least three World Cups still to play
Knowing that the guy will be 24 the day after the final, on December 18, the calculation is quickly made.
Assuming (more realistically than presumptuously, you will grant us) that the Blues will not miss any World Cup meetings in the coming years, how many do they have left to play after this one?
Let's say two for sure - he'll be 32 in 2030 - but it's no joke to shoot up to three, or even four if you're optimistic and believe in the eternal progress of science.
Asked about his teammate, Aurélien Tchouaméni admits that he is no longer surprised.
“We are starting to get used to it, smiles the Real Madrid midfielder.
We follow him every weekend and we know what he is capable of.
What I can say is that it's really good to have him at this level with us.
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Following him in the mixed zone of the 974 stadium in Doha, Raphaël Varane no longer knows what to say when it comes to discussing the case of Kyky.
When we tell him that it's not bad to have such a pheno in his team, he laughs.
“It helps huh!
He is a very talented player who makes a difference at all times.
What we said to each other before the match was to be solid collectively, to have this state of mind, this desire to win so that we can then put the players in front in the best possible conditions.
It's a collective effort but, on arrival, obviously, it's the talent that makes the difference.
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In four years, Mbappé has earned the respect of all
The worst if we dare say, is that the boy struggled to enter his match.
At the break, the feeling was mixed towards him in the press gallery.
The sequel made everyone agree.
If the Parisian had sometimes been able to irritate his teammates a little in 2018 by the too great confidence he had displayed during his press conference, he had ended up there too by getting everyone to agree with his XXL performances.
Four years later, the situation has inevitably changed.
From the very shy gifted who was very small in the locker room, the Bondynois has become a member of this team.
And not just on the field.
Aurélien Tchouaméni: “He is one of the technical leaders of this group but he is also vocal.
The luck we have in this team is that everyone is able to listen and say what they think.
Everyone has the opportunity to express themselves and Kylian has not hesitated to speak since the start of the rally.
Listened to and respected by the whole group, Mbappé is like a fish in water in this role of undisputed leader.
We found the new mantra of the Blues in 2022: Kylian for all and all for Kylian (take that Alexandre Dumas).
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