At the Parc des Princes,
Trouble with your boss? The youngest who doesn’t sleep through the night? A temporary bout of spleen? Better caul Deschamps ! We don’t know if the French coach has the gift of treating scrofula, but what is certain is that he can fix a player lacking confidence or canes in no time. Take Kylian Mbappé, author of a superb performance on Saturday afternoon during PSG’s victory against Strasbourg, he who had not crashed, oh lord, for four matches with the Rouge et Bleus before the international break.
Well, his time in Blue has done him the greatest good, to the point that we can move forward without too much risk of going wrong as the season of the future-ex-future Madrilenian is definitely launched. Oh, of course, stat-wise, the boy had already gotten ahead of the competition by scoring seven goals in as many matches, but in the overall picture, the Kyks’ performances still lacked depth.
The fault of a pre-season in the closet (aka the Parisian loft) which made him miss the tour to Japan and South Korea and the first match of the season at the Parc, with all the physical consequences that entails. , he whose game of speed and percussion requires a body at 100% of its athletic capabilities.
A full match, without overplaying
So, after having found a good part of his modjo in Amsterdam, against the Netherlands (a double with his fingers in the nose including a marvel of curling the right into the lulu), the kid from Bondy continued against the Scotland in a match for butter. The opportunity for us to see that the captain of the Blues was clearly gaining strength. His performance on Saturday was only confirmation of this newfound pep, visible not only under the microscope.
After a clinical opening score on peno, despite a dip in Sels, Mbappé set the table, served the dishes, chatted to the guests, cleared the table and did the dishes. Sharp in his acceleration, again at ease in the 1 against 1, KM7 made a mess of the Strasbourg defense throughout the first period, before slightly losing ground – like his entire team – in the second , but the score was already 2-0.
A return to form at the best of times
Special mention for this action at the half-hour mark when, after a good cross call behind the Alsatian defense, Mbappé petrified his opposite number thanks to a Ronaldesque leg pass, before making the social and serve soup to Carlos Soler alone in the middle for the break goal (2-0, 31st). We will not forget his two failed face-to-face encounters against Sels, of course, but it remains in the order of adjustment, and no one will find anything to reproach him as he shook up a match that we expected to have no rhythm after the truce.
If Luis Enrique did not mention his striker’s return to form in a post-match press conference, preferring to praise his defensive withdrawals which “give goosebumps”, the Spaniard is well aware that it is there the best news of the week. Because Paris, which is still looking for itself since the start of the season, will need a great Kyky to erase the cap taken from Newcastle two weeks ago. And it starts on Tuesday, with the reception of AC Milan at the Parc des Princes.