Tag: kylian mbappe lottin

[ad_1] Kylian Mbappe had a penalty brilliantly saved but was gifted the opening goal as champions Paris Saint-Germain edged energetic Strasbourg 2-1 away in Ligue 1 on Friday. PSG now have 47 points from 20 games with second placed Nice taking on third placed Brest Sunday on 38 and 35 points respectively. "They pressed us high, we weren't always precise enough, but we had a good match against an opponent who had a good dynamic and nothing to lose," said PSG coach Luis Enrique. Patrick Vieira's Alsace club flew out of the blocks and Gianluigi Donnarumma stopped a shot with his shoulder in...

[ad_1] Kylian Mbappe grabbed two goals and a pair of assists as Paris Saint-Germain brushed past third-tier Orleans 4-1 on Saturday to reach the last 16 of the French Cup. Mbappe opened the scoring with a neat low finish before doubling his tally in the second half from the penalty spot following a handball in the area. The France captain, with 28 goals in 26 appearances for PSG this season, set up his team's third by clipping a cross for Goncalo Ramos to head home. Orleans got a consolation through captain Nicolas Saint-Ruf, with 17-year-old Senny Mayulu getting his first PSG goal after...

[ad_1] File photo of Kylian Mbappe© AFPParis Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said on Tuesday that he wants Kylian Mbappe to stay in the French capital, claiming PSG is "the best club for him". Mbappe's contract with the Ligue 1 champions runs out at the end of June and he is free to sign an agreement to join a new club for next season. "I'm not going to hide that I want Kylian to stay," Al-Khelaifi told broadcaster RMC. "The best player in the world is Kylian and the best club for him is Paris." PSG have yet to win a maiden Champions League title despite spending billions of euros on transfer fees since the arrival of their Qatari owners in 2011.Mbappe has been heavily linked with a possible move to 14-time European champions Real Madrid."He has the best training centre in the...

[ad_1] Kylian Mbappe helped record 14-time champions Paris Saint-Germain avoid an embarrassing slip-up with a 9-0 rout at sixth-tier amateurs Revel in the French Cup on Sunday. Revel's young supporters had implored Mbappe to make the trip to the game played at Castres - Revel's humble stadium only has capacity for 2,000 fans in the Haute-Garonne south-western region - in a video posted on social media. And they got their wish with the 25-year-old star included in manager Luis Enrique's strong travelling party to the leaders of Regional 1, five rungs below the capital giants in the French league ladder."Kylian wanted to play and when he wants to play there's not a lot you can say," said Luis Enrique.Mbappe evidently enjoyed his night out in the town near Toulouse, scoring a hat-trick to b...

[ad_1] France striker Kylian Mbappe has turned his back on "several tens of millions" of euros in a bid to ease a possible move away from Paris Saint-Germain, a source involved in the negotiations told AFP on Thursday. In an agreement he reached with the club last summer, the source claims Mbappe waived bonuses amounting to around 60 to 70 million euros ($65.6 million to $76.6 million), covering the club financially in the event of his likely departure when his contract expires in June.Mbappe has been free to sign anywhere he wishes since the transfer window opened on Monday.French daily Le Parisien cites an 80 million euro 'loyalty' bonus that he should have received last September, and other bonuses taking the total to 100 million euros.These figures, however, were denied by the source...

[ad_1] Lee Kang-in and Kylian Mbappe scored first-half goals as Paris Saint-Germain won the first silverware of the French season on Wednesday, beating Toulouse 2-0 to claim the Champions Trophy. Lee, playing his final game before heading off to the Asian Cup in Qatar with South Korea, put PSG ahead in the third minute, leaving Toulouse with an uphill battle at the Parc des Princes. Mbappe then added a superb second goal just before half-time, as Paris claimed the Champions Trophy for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons."We were exceptional in the first half. It was our best 45 minutes of my time here," said PSG coach Luis Enrique after claiming his first silverware as a coach since leaving Barcelona in 2017.France's version of a Super Cup is habitually the curtain-raiser to the season ...