The United States is not spared by the Mbappé phenomenon. Monday evening, January 2, the French striker was acclaimed by the public at Barclays Center in New York, where an NBA game was taking place between the Brooklyn Nets and the San Antonio Spurs. The ovation came as the giant screen above the parquet had just broadcast his goals against Argentina in the World Cup final, before revealing the face of the Paris Saint-Germain player present in the room.
On Twitter, American journalist Alex Schiffer, who follows the New York team, said that Mbappé had received “ the loudest ovation [qu’il ait] never heard in this room for a personality not linked to the world of basketball. A sign of the great popularity of the 24-year-old footballer, even in the United States where “soccer” is not the king sport.
Accompanied by his friend and PSG teammate Achraf Hakimi, Kylian Mbappé was honored as he received a jersey from Nets superstar Kevin Durant, before being invited to join the new players’ locker room. Yorkers at the end of the meeting. What console him for the defeat of the capital club, Sunday, on the lawn of RC Lens (1-3).
