After having become this weekend the player who has scored the most goals (201) for Paris Saint-Germain in its history, Kylian Mbappé seems to arrive at a great moment for a very complicated challenge, that of getting his team to survive on Wednesday in the Champions League against Bayern Munich.
In the first leg, PSG were beaten 1-0 at home by the German champions and now he needs a great comeback on the ground of the Bavarian giant.
On Saturday, Mbappé took a mass bath in the Parque de los Príncipes, where He was acclaimed when he scored the final 4-2 goal against Nantes. Thus, he left behind the record of 200 of the Uruguayan Edinson Cavani.
“I’m already thinking about Wednesday’s game. I have enjoyed with the public, but it is necessary to go soon to another thing”, insisted the French attacker.
“The objective is clear, we want to go there to qualify. We are very confident, but also humble. We are going to face a great team, but we are PSG, so we will play to qualify,” he said.
PSG will need it. In the first leg, Mbappé barely entered the game in the last half hour, after having recovered from an injury against the clock. Changed the face of the team although something that would have meant the tie was denied due to a slight offside by the man who gave him the assist.
Two years ago, his speed was already a nightmare for Bayern in a magnificent 3-2 victory in an Allianz Arena then empty due to the covid-19 pandemic and under the snow. It was in the quarterfinals and Mbappé then signed a double.
PSG later qualified in the second leg despite losing 1-0 in the French capital. Then the goals scored away from home had their importance in case of equality, a circumstance that has now been eliminated.
– Five goals in three games –
PSG fans are hoping Mbappé will repeat the 2021 performance on Wednesday.
Since he reappeared after his injuryhas scored five goals in three games, including a brace in the ‘Clásico’ at the end of February in Marseille (3-0 win for Paris Saint-Germain).
Kingsley Coman, Mbappé’s teammate on the French team and who will be his rival on Wednesday, is aware of ‘Kyky’s’ good form.
“When Kylian is there it’s like in the France team, you have a little more confidence. He is a player who can make a difference”, said the winger to Canal Football Club.
“With Kylian, they are better. That’s for sure”, Coman added.
With Neymar’s ankle injury, who shone in both games against Bayern two years ago, PSG will rely above all on the duo Mbappé-Lionel Messi, the two stars of the contenders of the last World Cup final.
Coach Christophe Galtier has found a certain balance with that attacking duo and with a defense of three.
“It’s a privilege to have a player like Kylian. In my opinion, the best attacker in the world”, estimated Galtier.
– The Ballon d’Or dream –
“Our fans, but also the people who love French football, must fully appreciate what it is to have a player like that in our championship,” Galtier stressed.
Mbappé’s current level of play is at a Ballon d’Or level, a goal that resists him for now and with which he does not hide that he dreams.
“The Ballon d’Or is still in a corner of my head, but it is not the priority at the moment”, he points out.
Nor does he believe that it is time to talk about a contract renewal. After a long soap opera on that matter last season, his relationship with PSG lasts until 2024 and the rumors have never calmed down about possible destinations.
“I’m here, I’m very happy and for now I only think about giving glory days to PSG”, he stated on Saturday after his 201st goal with the club. “That starts from this Wednesday”, against Bayern, he was excited.
