OneFootball
Thomas Stockting·4 December 2022
OneFootball
Thomas Stockting·4 December 2022
Kylian Mbappé looked to have secured France’s spot in the World Cup quarter-finals with a devastating second-half strike which will go down in the history books.
Receiving the ball on the left side of the box from Ousmane Dembélé, the 23-year-old forward settled himself and, with the defence standing off him, fired a powerful strike beyond Wojciech Szczęsny to double France’s lead.
With his 32nd goal at the international level, PSG forward climbed above Zidenine Zidane in France’s all-time top-scorer charts at the age of 23.
That goal was also Mbappé’s eighth at the World Cup finals, as he became the youngest player ever to reach that tally overtaking Brazilian legend Pelé.
Mbappé swiftly followed this up with his ninth World Cup strike, his fifth of this year’s competition, and that one was arguably better than his first.
Simply unstoppable.