Julien Moreau // Photo credits: Matthieu Mirville / DPPI via AFP
The umpteenth episode of the Mbappé saga. Discreet on the pitch during Paris Saint-Germain’s victory against Olympique de Marseille (0-2), the Parisian captain once again made headlines. While we expected him to share a scene of jubilation, the French international decided to post on Instagram a photo of himself from behind with the captain’s armband in his hand. In the caption, he does not add any comments.
“There are two things about his post yesterday on Instagram. There is obviously his mysterious side. He likes to make slightly mysterious posts with emojis, where we don’t always understand the meaning. I think that’s it. makes you laugh. He is someone who, in his way of conceiving high-level football and his career and his records, comes up against the collective dimension of football and what the supporters expect”, explains Clément Pernia, author of Mbappé revolution.
“We have a coach who makes sporting and not political choices”
“He is more concerned by his exit than by the fact that Paris won yesterday at the Vélodrome. This is once again bringing his personal situation to the fore while he himself keeps saying that we should not focus on him. Luis Enrique concerns everyone. When Gonçalo Ramos comes into play, he is involved and often, he scores. With Luis Enrique, for once, we have a coach who makes sporting and not political choices.” , adds Hugo Cappelaere, presenter of the Paris United podcast.
Supporters, on social networks, expressed their dissatisfaction with this new enigmatic post. According to Clément Pernia, “there is admiration from the supporters, there is respect for the talent that he is, for the player that he is, but there is no deep love as was the case for Cavani or Pastore in the past.
“On the other hand, this kind of thing doesn’t happen at Real Madrid. It’s going to become interesting, seeing to what extent it can mutate, to what extent it can change dimension by integrating an institution like Real Madrid,” he said. -he adds.
After the meeting, Luis Enrique returned to the situation on Amazon Prime. “It’s the same music every week, the same music… it’s boring, I’m the manager, I make decisions every week,” said the Spanish technician.
But for several years now, Kylian Mbappé, and his behavior on the pitch, has monopolized the attention of the media and the public. “It is the social phenomenon in France today, in the 21st century, for several reasons. It goes beyond the framework of football. He made the whole of France vibrate thanks to his exploits in the World Cup. He is a young who has expressed himself extremely well since he was 17, he has been involved in social issues. We see him at the Restos du coeur. He has also filled a void in French society. That is to say, today ‘Today in France, young people, the young generation no longer have a model anywhere, apart from him to identify with. There is no artist, there is no singer, there is no there is no intellectual. He is called the idol of young people, especially very young people in fact. We see that he is very popular with 5-17 year olds”, concluded the author of Révolution Mbappé. There is no doubt that the last seven championship matches are likely to bring us new twists and turns.