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Opinion – If you do not like being pushed to feel old, you better ignore the headlines on Kylian Mbappé. The guy is so young that he lists his hero growing up to be Cristiano Ronaldo, another player whose team was competing for the World Cup when he started a month ago.
This morning, however, it does not matter if you were trying to ignore it or not – Mbappé became a family name
Kylian Mbappé in the World Cup win against Croatia
Photo: AFP
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Mbappé was not even born the last time France won a World Cup, which was the case for the first time in 1998. His current French coach, Didier Deschamps, was the captain of this side.
Mbappé and France's return to the top of the football world remind them that they are good at sport when they want it. It was hard to take them seriously when all we see is that their desperate rugby team has been beaten by the All Blacks for seven years.
But Mbappé's statement on the World Cup could not have been better written. After a tournament that saw him score two goals to help Argentina out, the opportunity came to shoot at twenty-five meters.
It's just after Paul Pogba scored his own scorer, to revive France. 3-1 after their two previous controversial goals.
After receiving a perfectly timed pass on Lucas Hernández's bridge, Mbappé stopped and examined the situation in front of him: five Croatian defenders and the goalkeeper. No time for another race and dribble into the surface, or a pass to Olivier Giroud – who had not been able to hit the side of a barn all tournament.
The Croats stayed behind, challenging him to shoot. Above, the Moscow sky had turned grayish. Thunderclaps had swept over the Russian capital as on June 24, 1945, when the NKVD threw the captured battle flags of defeated Nazis on Red Square.
However, the only thunder that could be heard was the ball coming on Mbappé's foot as he was heading towards the goal. The stunning strike found the bottom left corner of the net, giving Danijel Subašić little option but to watch France's world cup go through and seal.
MY LOVE pic.twitter.com/Ut72cZTLWU
– Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) July 15, 2018
If the Pogba strike had stunned the Croats, Mbappé knocked them out.
The rain persisted during the presentation of the trophy, but this did not cool the atmosphere. French President Emmanuel Macron was clearly in the mood to take advantage of all the free political capital that he will get from victory, embracing the players in a drenched outfit. Fortunately, the nation he leads (and some others) can see the massive symbolism in what this team represents.
Mbappé high-fives Pussy Riot. Spotlight on the World Cup pic.twitter.com/CKnsRngZXg
– Adelle Stripe (@adellestripe) July 15, 2018
The overwhelming majority of the team France football is composed of immigrants or children of immigrants. Mbappé is one of them, born in Paris of a Cameroonian father and an Algerian mother. Pogba is a pious Muslim. In the current political climate, you can not get a more resounding endorsement of what a diverse company can bring to your country.
– GuillaumeTC (@GuillaumeTC) July 15, 2018
Mbappé will probably be one of the most discussed and best paid footballers for years to come . So for parents who are currently on school holidays, there is a good chance your children will ask for a new piece of clothing – a Kylian Mbappé shirt.
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