Kylian Mbappé is already part of the very great. The year 2021 will allow him to grow even more, to become the best. With 52 goals scored and 22 assists in 67 games played with PSG and the France team in 2021, the Bondysien had a great year, which was not, however, a long quiet river.
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Kylian Mbappé scored 24 goals and delivered 11 assists in Ligue 1 in 2021. © DSAS
For the first time since he has played in the Elite of French football, he has not won the championship (2017 with Monaco and 2018, 2019 and 2020 with PSG). Injured, he missed his club in the semi-final return leg of the Champions League lost against Manchester City and did not convince at the Euro by notably missing the penalty against Switzerland.
On top of that, his transfer to Real Madrid was aborted. For the first time in his career, he missed major titles, he who has raised “only” the Coupe de France and the League of Nations. Observers were also more divided about it. His ninth place at the Ballon d’Or is the worst ranking since he was named. Regardless, all these failures made him grow up and will serve him for the future.
On the way to the Ballon d’Or?
And despite everything, the statistics of the French world champion are crazy, him who just blew out his 23 candles. We remember in particular his hat-trick at Camp Nou, against Barcelona of Lionel Messi, in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
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Kylian Mbappé scored 10 goals and delivered 4 assists in the Champions League in 2021. © DSAS
His speech in the press last October allowed him to refocus only on the field, to the delight of viewers. He has since become irresistible again. When he is not on the lawn with his club, as against Lorient during the 19th day of Ligue 1, it shows. His club, however led by Lionel Messi, experiences the worst difficulties to score a goal. In the French team, he scored the first quadruplet since 1958 against Kazakhstan. With the same statistics and a World Cup next year, there is no doubt that Kylian Mbappé would lift his first Ballon d’Or.
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