French forward, Kylian Mbappé, reunited with his club teammates on Wednesday after returning to Paris Saint Germain training ground about 63 hours after losing Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina in Qatar.
Despite leading a French resurgence with the first-ever World Cup final hattrick, the 24-year-old was let down by his teammates, Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni, who missed their spot kicks, before Gonzalo Montiel’s winner, leaving him(Mbappe) distraught after the game.
Argentina might have stolen the headlines and most of the awards of the tournament but Mbappe’s heroics stood him out amidst his counterparts as he ended the tournament with eight goals to clinch the top scorer’s award.
The Real Madrid target only celebrated his 24th birthday in style on Tuesday.
Despite the disappointment, the French star has now shunned his 10 days off to return to PSG players have been given 10 days off ahead of the French giant’s Ligue 1 match against relegation-threatened Strasbourg on Wednesday, December 28.
Mbappe might have left Qatar disappointed but records to break in future tourneys. With his eight goals in Qatar and four goals during France’s triumph at the World Cup in 2018, the 24-year-old has now netted 12 times in the tournament.
The Frenchman needs just four more goals to equal the record of now-retired Germany forward Miroslav Klose who is the all-time top goalscorer in World Cup history with 16 goals.
As of the time of filing this report, Mbappe’s PSG team-mate Lionel Messi remains in Argentina as the World Cup winners celebrate the victory with a mammoth crowd party in Buenos Aires.
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