France captain Kylian Mbappe has predicted that Lionel Messi will definitely have an impact in today’s World Cup final against Spain. He recently had his say despite surpassing the Argentine to become the competition’s all-time leading scorer with 22 goals.
After scoring a brace against England in the third-place playoff, Mbappe revealed that he has no doubt that Messi will score against Spain tonight to reclaim his record as the competition’s most prolific player ever.
Kylian added that he would trade his 10 tournament goals to feature in the 2026 World Cup final.
His words, “Leo, he scores all the time. Tomorrow he will score, for sure.
I just try to help my team every time.
It’s certain that when you score so many goals in the World Cup, it elevates you to certain levels.
But I would have preferred not to be the top scorer in history and play the match tomorrow [the final].”
Kylian Mbappe Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the France national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and finishing.
Kylian Mbappé Lottin was born on 20 December 1998 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris and was raised in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. His father, Wilfrid , is originally from Cameroon, and, as well as being his agent, is a football coach. His mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin and is a former handball player.
He has a younger brother, Ethan, who plays in the Paris Saint-Germain Academy. Their older adoptive brother, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, is a former professional footballer.
On 22 February 2018, Mbappé was joined by former African strikers George Weah and Didier Drogba in a meeting with French President, Emmanuel Macron and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the Élysée Palace in Paris, which focused on a sports development project in Africa. Mbappé stated that the development of African sport is important to him due to his parents’ African origins.
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