By: Luis Imana
Amid rumors distancing him from PSG on the next transfer market, Kylian Mbappe He has shown his great commitment to the Parisian club after the group stage draw with Benfica UEFA Champions League.
‘Donatello’ proved from the start to be the most unbalanced player in the France squad and the most complicated for the ‘Eagle’ defence.
After several arrivals in the opponent’s area, the ‘7’ had his long-awaited opportunity at 40′ when the referee awarded a penalty after Antonio Silva fouled Juan Bernat. Mbappé didn’t hesitate to grab the ball and score the first goal of the game from twelve strides.
Although Benfica wiped out the party at the Parc des Princes with a Joao Mario penalty (62′) to make it 1-1, Kylian set a new record in European competition with PSG.
With his goal, the 2018 Russian champions scored 31 goals and surpassed Edinson Cavani (30) as the top scorer in PSG history in the Champions League.
At the moment ‘Donatello’ is focused on scoring as many goals as possible with the current Ligue 1 champions and he’s showing it as he has 12 goals in total (8 in the French league and 4 in the Champions).
Currently. Messi watched the PSG game from the stands. Photo: AFP
Meringues one step
Real Madrid salvaged a vital point after beating Shakhtar 1-1 at Wojska Polskiego Stadion and are within reach of qualifying for the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
Carlo Ancelotti made some changes to the eleven reflecting on the weekend’s clash against Barcelona and that there was a collective decline against an experienced Ukrainian team.
The Donetsk team struck the first blow at 46 minutes thanks to a header from Oleksandr Zubkov that fell on the merengue team like a bucket of cold water.
The Spanish team suffered a lot to achieve Shakhtar’s goal and even the local team came close to scoring the second goal.
When it looked like Real Madrid would leave Warsaw empty-handed, Antonio Rudiger (95′) gave up everything to score the final tie with his head, for which he received a severe punch in the face from the goalkeeper and required medical attention.
Yesterday’s other games ended as follows: Maccabi Haifa (2-0) Juventus Copenhagen (0-0) Manchester City Dinamo Zagreb (1-1) RB Salzburg Borussia Dortmund (1-1) Sevilla AC Milan (0-0) 2 ) Chelsea and Celtic (0:2) RB Leipzig.
Barcelona and Inter meet at the Camp Nou
The Azulgranas will seek revenge when they host the ‘Neroazzurri’ in Group C’s fourth date today (14:00 CEST). Barcelona, third with three points, have fallen by just the slightest difference against Inter. Second with 6 points, at Giuseppe Meazza and will go out to impose his locality.
The word
Christophe Galtier, PSG technician
“Kylian gave a very good response, he was a goalscorer, creative and dangerous. He could have scored a second goal. He gritted his teeth to see it through to the end, despite suffering a tough duel.”