A hat-trick in the quiet victory against US Revel, four days after a goal for the champions trophy. Sunday evening, Kylian Mbappé was the only survivor of the starting 11 lined up by Luis Enrique to win the first title of the season against Toulouse (2-0) a few days earlier. Not enough to put the attacker out of steam, to the point of scoring a hat-trick. But with this second match of the year for PSG, “Kyky” has already played 29 matches since the start of the season, 24 with PSG, 5 with the Blues.
“There is not much to say”
Luis Enrique was also questioned about the use of his star striker, and we might as well tell you that it’s not really him who chooses. “Kylian wanted to play and when he wants to play, there is not much to say,” explained the coach after his team’s big victory against Revel (9-0) on Sunday in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France. France.
With this hat-trick against the Haut-Garonnais amateurs, who play in the sixth division, Mbappé became the top Parisian scorer in the history of the Coupe de France (30 goals) ahead of Congolese François M’Pelé (28). “These kind of players have more say than the coach,” commented Luis Enrique. “And when he plays, everyone benefits, the staff, the public, the opponents…” Except perhaps his own team, in the event of injury, a habit for PSG at the start of the year even if Mbappé remains far away for the moment.
However, the pace maintained by Mbappé can legitimately worry when we are barely halfway through the season and he plans to play the Olympics in addition to the Euro in June: If PSG and the Blues would complete all the competitions they have to play, that would make nearly 45 matches on the program for Mbappé between now and August. Untenable, obviously, even with 15 fewer games on the clock, in fact. A priori, someone will have to learn to say no to Kyks, starting with Luis Enrique.