Decisive passer then double scorer against Poland (3-1), this Sunday, Kylian Mbapp wrote his legend a little more in the French team. Best scorer of the World Cup, the Paris Saint-Germain striker broke records one after the other by assuming his status as leader of the Blues.
Mbapp is on fire in Qatar!
As of December 4, no one knows the identity of the winner of the World Cup in Qatar. On the other hand, almost everyone knows one thing: the French team has the lethal weapon in its ranks. It is not Karim Benzema, Ballon d’Or title, who could have benefited from this status. No. This lethal weapon is called Kylian Mbapp.
Mbapp dj among the greatest
While still at the start of his career, the Paris Saint-Germain striker is already breaking records, one after the other. Decisive passer then double scorer against Poland (3-1), this Sunday, during the round of 16, the one who is rightly nicknamed bondy crack has already found the fault 9 times in the tournament in only two participations. It’s already more than Cristiano Ronaldo (8 goals in 5 appearances), Diego Maradona (8 goals in 4 appearances) or Neymar (6 goals in 3 appearances) and as much as Lionel Messi (9 goals in 5 appearances).
In history, no player had scored 9 goals before he was 24 years old. The record so far belonged to the legend of Portuguese football, Eusebio, who had scored so many achievements at 24 years and 182 days during the 1966 edition in England. At 23 years and 349 days, the Parisian is therefore doing better than the 1965 Ballon d’Or and could greatly improve this performance from the next match against England or Senegal while waiting for a possible happy ending next Saturday, Al Khor, for afford two additional cartridges (semi-final and final / small final).
Klose can tremble, Giroud too!
Records, Mbapp is already in the starting blocks to bring down a few others. That of Miroslav Klose, top scorer of the tournament with 16 achievements in four editions (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014), must already be shaking in his chair with the way in which Mbapp is launched like a rocket. With one more goal, the 2018 world champion would join Helmut Rahn, Gary Lineker, Gabriel Batistuta, Teogilo Cubillas, Thomas Mller and Grzegorz Lato (all 10 goals) as the 8th most prolific player in the show, while Just Fontaine (4th, 13 goals) and Pel (5th, 12 goals), are not very far away.
Olivier Giroud, who has become the top scorer in the history of the French team ahead of Thierry Henry with 52 pawns in 117 caps, will also have to savor this status. The former Arsenal and FC Barcelona center-forward clung to his first place for 15 years, 1 month and 17 days. Mbapp, who is in 7th place with 33 goals in 63 caps, rises like a cannonball and could quickly find himself on the podium, whose 3rd position is occupied by Antoine Griezmann (42 goals), before chasing the striker from the AC Milan in the coming months.
The Blues no longer have the words
In the ranks of the Blues, there are no more superlatives to qualify him. Is he the best player in the world right now? I am not objective, I am French and his trainer but yes of course. He has prepared for this World Cup. Even if he hasn’t played his best game for a good hour, he has this ability, because we also watch him closely, like exceptional players, to be able to change the course of a game at any time. launched Didier Deschamps on the airwaves of RMC.
For his part, Adrien Rabiot is almost no longer surprised by his partner. He doesn’t surprise me in the sense that I know his potential even if he still has room for improvement. Afterwards, it’s incredible, it’s true, the goals he scores, the positions, the angles he manages to find. It’s great, it’s what we expect of him. We work behind and we wait for him to do the job in front , explained the middle of Juventus in the mixed zone. With five days of rest ahead of him, Mbapp will have plenty of time to prepare to fulfill his mission of being the best player in the world.
Players with at least 9 World Cup goals (in italics, players still active):
1. Miroslav Klose: 16 goals in 4 appearances (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
2. Ronaldo: 15 goals in 4 appearances (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
3. Gerd Mller: 14 goals in 2 appearances (1970, 1974)
4. Just Fontaine: 13 goals in 1 appearance (1958)
5. Pel: 12 goals in 4 appearances (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970)
6. Sandor Kocsis: 11 goals in 1 appearance (1954)
-. Jrgen Klinsmann: 11 goals in 3 appearances (1990, 1994, 1998)
8. Helmut Rahn: 10 goals in 2 appearances (1954, 1958)
-. Gary Lineker: 10 goals in 2 appearances (1986, 1990)
-. Gabriel Batistuta: 10 goals in 3 appearances (1994, 1998, 2002)
-. Teofilo Cubillas: 10 goals in 3 appearances (1970, 1978, 1982)
-. Thomas Mller: 10 goals in 4 appearances (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
-. Grzegorz Lato: 10 goals in 3 appearances (1974, 1978, 1982)
14. Ademir: 9 goals in 1 appearance (1950)
-. Eusebio: 9 goals in 1 appearance (1966)
-. Vava: 9 goals in 2 appearances (1958, 1962)
-. Paolo Rossi: 9 goals in 2 appearances (1978, 1982)
-. Christian Vieri: 9 goals in 2 appearances (1998, 2002)
-. Kylian Mbapp: 9 goals in 2 appearances (2018, 2022)
-. Jairzinho: 9 goals in 3 appearances (1966, 1970, 1974)
-. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: 9 goals in 3 appearances (1978, 1982, 1986)
-. Roberto Baggio: 9 goals in 3 appearances (1990, 1994, 1998)
-. David Villa: 9 goals in 3 appearances (2006, 2010, 2014)
-. Uwe Seeler: 9 goals in 4 appearances (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970)
-. Lionel Messi: 9 goals in 5 appearances (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
The TOP 10 scorers of the French team:
1. Olivier Giroud (52 goals, 117 caps)
2. Thierry Henry (51 goals, 123 caps)
3. Antoine Griezmann (42 goals, 114 caps)
4. Michel Platini (41 goals, 72 caps)
5. Karim Benzema (37 goals, 97 caps)
6. David Trezeguet (34 goals, 71 caps)
7. Kylian Mbapp (33 goals, 63 caps)
8. Zinedine Zidane (31 goals, 108 caps)
9. Just Fontaine (30 goals, 21 caps)
-. Jean-Pierre Papin (30 goals, 54 caps)
The TOP scorers of the year 2022 (all leagues combined, club and selection, as of 04.12.2022):
1. Kylian Mbapp: 52 goals
2. German Cano: 44 goals
3. Erling Hland: 42 goals
-. Robert Lewandowski: 42 goals
5. Aleksandar Mitrovic: 38 goals
6. Christopher Nkunku: 37 goals
7. Bergson: 35 goals
-. Ricardo Gomes: 35 goals
9. Amahl Pellegrino: 34 goals
-. Boris Kopitovic: 34 goals
-. Mehdi Taremi: 34 goals
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