42nd goal for the French team for Kylian Mbappé. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
The 24-year-old striker erases Michel Platini from the shelves and settles, alone, in fourth place among the top scorers for the France team.
Kylian Mbappé will not have been Michel Platini’s equal for very long. Scorer this Friday in the first minutes, in Amsterdam, against the Netherlands, the current captain of the Blues equaled his prestigious predecessor in the ranking of top scorers for the French football team. And this with a nice recovery from a cross from the right from Jonathan Clauss. “KM” raised his fingers to the sky, in tribute to one of his loved ones, who recently died. Giant. 41 achievements for the two men at this point in the game. And this while Mbappé played his 72 match in Blue this Friday, at 24 years old, as many as Platini over his entire international career.
Kylian Mbappé, however, was not finished. Mute at club during his last four outings, including the match against OM where he gave up his place half an hour into the game, the PSG striker scored a double at the Johan Cruijff Arena . Scored at the start of the second period, this second goal allowed him to overtake “Platoche”. A candy of the law, rolled up in the skylight of which he has the secret. Kylian Mbappé is in any case only further ahead of Antoine Griezmann (44 goals), Thierry Henry (51) and Olivier Giroud (54) among the Blues.
The Top 10 best scorers in the history of the Blues :
1. Olivier Giroud (54 goals)
2. Thierry Henry (51)
3. Antoine Griezmann (44)
4. Kylian Mbappé (42)
5. Michel Platini (41)
6. Karim Benzema (37)
7. David Trézéguet (34)
8. Zinédine Zidane (31)
9. Jean-Pierre Papin and Just Fontaine (30)
In bold, players still active