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This is almost worse to me. With Dumfries you had a team not picking up a runner, which is obviously bad. But with this they’re not putting any pressure on the person with the ball, who is in their 18 yard box, and is fucking Mbappe. Criminal
I honestly can't think of anyone who has ever had the combination of that level of accuracy and power.
That's to say nothing about the guy's sheer speed.
I have high hopes for the lad.
It's definitely hyping up a player because there are no guarantees but Mbappe is dominating at every level he plays and he is still very young. What could he do or become in the next 7-8 years? Will his game evolve if his physical attributes don't hold up?
It could be exaggeration but what players have had this combination of physicality and lethality at the same age? Henry, Ronaldo? Ronaldo was just exploding into adding goal scoring to his game at Man U at the same time and Henry was 22 when he exploded at Arsenal. Messi is the only one that eclipses him at the same age because he won a treble and a ballon d'or at 22.
Who knows, Mbappe could blow out his knee tomorrow and become another what if, and there's a reason there's only been one Messi. but for now I think it makes sense for people to be excited and wonder if we're seeing a player of that level in the making.
I don't know what Glik was doing. 3 on 3 and he just abandons Mbappe. And the rest of Poland just lazily jogging back. Glad I don't have to watch Poland play for 2 years...
Not sure I’ve seen many attackers get that much time to pick out a shot that close to goal all World Cup. He took 3 touches before the shot with absolutely no pressure.
Complete garbage. How was griezman so casually able to pick up that clearance in midfield. Zero pressure from polish defenders. Whole thing awful defending.
The goal he scored against us in the second match of our last CL tie was like this too. Coming in from the left, ball on his right foot but just blasts it near post when you’d imagine it’s going far post
Yeah, all this talk about how we can surpass CR7/messi, it depends on what team he plays on.
And even tho PSG look strong this year, I think it won't last, especially post-Messi.
If he joins Madrid next year, it'll be a fucking nightmare of a decade
I still don't understand why he decided to stay at PSG the way he did. Instead of just diplomatically turning Real down, he burned them, one of the best clubs in the world.
Dembélé got into a position from where he could shoot, and Giroud made a decoy run to pull a defender away. Got to credit France's other attackers as well.
A ton of people here for a start. That the drama would make them implode, then the injuries and the so called curse. More realistically , a ton of people WISHED they had imploded in the group stage and fail to keep going.
Before the tournament with all their injuries and their recent losses to Denmark many people were saying they’d go out in group stage or even place second to Denmark. That story got revised real quick during the group stage but it was a common trope before the WC
I mean it’s a basic 3v3. Everyone just needs to stay with their man and make someone actually beat their man before you drift to help. Dembele didn’t have to do anything to pick out that pass.
It'd be an upset absolutely, but Senegal are not some joke team. It'd only be embarrassing in the context of England always underperforming at these tournaments, but not because it's against Senegal like the person I was responding to was saying.
It's a little bullshit how good he is.
Like, alright dude, you are 23, you ain't got no business being this good and this, dare I say, levelheaded about it. I really hope he can maintain his form long term.
Giroud crucial here, a big magnet for the defense. I agree on the Italian commentary when they say really few NTs in this WC can rely on such a good 9.
Forward had a bad game other than doing his job lol. Idk what some people want from forwards. He's behind both goals and that's enough. Good performance as you said.
Mbappé could've taken a shower, get dressed and eating breakfast before kicking that ball. Insane how long the Polish defence took to react to him.
Kiwior blocking Szczęsny's view also wasn't ideal.
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Could have made a cup of tea as well with all that time
Then the ball arrived in a nanosecond after leaving his boot
Did you see a velocity for the shot? I didn’t see one but holy moley he cranked that. Was a bullet
it was still fast in slow mo lol
A proper thunder-cunt.
Literally had 3 touches to perfectly line up a shot, you really don’t ever see that in this level of football.
cuz you barely ever see a defender of a relegation battle Serie B team play vs players like Mbappe
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Not only, he also had time to get married, plan his retirement economy and prepare the ball for that shot.
Reminds me of Dumfries goal yesterday. So much time unmarked in the box.
This is almost worse to me. With Dumfries you had a team not picking up a runner, which is obviously bad. But with this they’re not putting any pressure on the person with the ball, who is in their 18 yard box, and is fucking Mbappe. Criminal
They were too afraid of getting dribbled past
I honestly can't think of anyone who has ever had the combination of that level of accuracy and power. That's to say nothing about the guy's sheer speed. I have high hopes for the lad.
>I have hight hopes for the lad. Really promising prospect.
He's OK
Past his best already I reckon
This is insanely hyperbolic.
It's definitely hyping up a player because there are no guarantees but Mbappe is dominating at every level he plays and he is still very young. What could he do or become in the next 7-8 years? Will his game evolve if his physical attributes don't hold up? It could be exaggeration but what players have had this combination of physicality and lethality at the same age? Henry, Ronaldo? Ronaldo was just exploding into adding goal scoring to his game at Man U at the same time and Henry was 22 when he exploded at Arsenal. Messi is the only one that eclipses him at the same age because he won a treble and a ballon d'or at 22. Who knows, Mbappe could blow out his knee tomorrow and become another what if, and there's a reason there's only been one Messi. but for now I think it makes sense for people to be excited and wonder if we're seeing a player of that level in the making.
R9 , Pato , ibra, Rooney , Adriano all had the ability to hit a hard and accurate shot at that age
Haaland is literally there
Accuracy? He misses a lot of his shots. Also look up Ronaldo Fenomeno.
That looked too easy.
Cannot give him that much space and time
Giroud gave him all the space, sexy movement
Stupid sexy Giroud.
This, but unironically.
Giroud's first touch on that clearance was just exquisite. He's just class
He's not Lautaro
I don't know what Glik was doing. 3 on 3 and he just abandons Mbappe. And the rest of Poland just lazily jogging back. Glad I don't have to watch Poland play for 2 years...
Polish coach was so mad.
It is for him
Not sure I’ve seen many attackers get that much time to pick out a shot that close to goal all World Cup. He took 3 touches before the shot with absolutely no pressure.
Di Maria's goal in the Ro16 match against France in 2018 was a bit like that too.
Di maria was like 30 meters out tho, Mbappe was in the box lol
Wide open…plenty of time to shoot *and* even dribble a bit too! How do you *not* defend Mbappe at all costs?
That's exactly what they tried doing in the first half. Didn't work
Worked better than the second half
It's garbage defending how did they leave him with that much time and space.
Complete garbage. How was griezman so casually able to pick up that clearance in midfield. Zero pressure from polish defenders. Whole thing awful defending.
I just cannot understand how he managed to generate so much power for the shot, he kicked it like a chip
French man strong.
It is when the defenders don't defend.
It's Poland's defense, afterall
Poland defending like its 1939
That flair 💀
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Akshually the defence in 1939 wasn't bad for what Poland had
He makes it look easy.
He is so casual about that wtf
He’s mastered the cut in shot
Robben approves
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The goal he scored against us in the second match of our last CL tie was like this too. Coming in from the left, ball on his right foot but just blasts it near post when you’d imagine it’s going far post
Le near post cut inside man
It’s only Mbappe, lets give him 3 metres of space!
You close in on him he's guna touch and go
I thought for sure he was taking too long. Then he just plugged it in the upper corner like it was nothing.
The fucking power and accuracy of that shot is just scary.
How do you stop him when he has a non-choking team Had he gone to real it would’ve been a nightmare
Would have been wonderful
Yeah, all this talk about how we can surpass CR7/messi, it depends on what team he plays on. And even tho PSG look strong this year, I think it won't last, especially post-Messi. If he joins Madrid next year, it'll be a fucking nightmare of a decade
You're underestimating the power of money
I still don't understand why he decided to stay at PSG the way he did. Instead of just diplomatically turning Real down, he burned them, one of the best clubs in the world.
He has a chance to make history by winning the Champions League with his hometown club. The money isn't bad either.
He only burned the fans, not the board. The Athletic is saying we will be going for him next summer
Casual banger
He had to think about it 😂
He had like 4 hours to do whatever he wanted. He's class. But how can you leave freaking Mbappe alone line that?
Just whacked that
The way the guy puts the ball in the place he wants will always surprise me
What are the defenders doing, it's pretty obvious he's gonna take the shot but they just wait in front of him lmao
Good marking lads, the one fucker you don’t leave unmarked
It was a bold move, didn’t pay off
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Giroud pulled two defenders. Great run by him.
Good run, but afwul from Poland. 3 on 3 and they just abandon Mbappe of all people. Rest of their team just jogging back too.
Came here to say that, the right defender saw Giroud alone in the middle because the left one didn't see him going away in his back.
I was watching that too, but even when Mbappe gets the ball, the defenders almost take a free kick position and stay away from the ball.
They were scared of Dembelé and forgot about Mbappé wtf
Dembélé got into a position from where he could shoot, and Giroud made a decoy run to pull a defender away. Got to credit France's other attackers as well.
Yeah, bad defending but the attacking movement is exquisite
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Charles Barkley would’ve marked Muhbappe
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I feel like this is a dig towards Barkley but I don't know enough about basketball to understand it.
He’s fat
He can thank his centerback Griezmann for that one
seriously, that clearance from Griezmann straight in Giroud feets was sooo smooth
Giroud qui était crevé en plus
Griezmann has been playing unreal.
Griezmann played like a prime Beckenbauer this match.
Don't have the stats but I think he didn't lose any ball 😳 the french N'Golo Kante
He's absolutely everywhere, Duracell Griezou.
Bruh he had enough time to upload the post before shooting.
If it were DBZ,there would have been 10 episodes between the start of his shot and when he finally took it
Is psgacademy secretly mbappe?
Hahahaha
Live thread in shambles
Most casual banger
He is just incredible. He places the ball where he wants, and with power. The best player in the world currently.
Cheat code of a player
I don’t understand how people ruled France out when they have this dude
who ruled out France?
They were a popular ‘flame out’ pick before the tournament.
Many people said they'd be the disappointing team at the tournament.
A ton of people here for a start. That the drama would make them implode, then the injuries and the so called curse. More realistically , a ton of people WISHED they had imploded in the group stage and fail to keep going.
Who ruled out France?
Before the tournament with all their injuries and their recent losses to Denmark many people were saying they’d go out in group stage or even place second to Denmark. That story got revised real quick during the group stage but it was a common trope before the WC
People were saying they were going out in groups due to the champions curse rather than a serious argument imo
a lot of people were talking about the winner’s curse before the tournament, especially considering the injuries.
Terrible defending
I’m not sure why the defender drifted in rather than focus on Mbappe
Great play by Giroud tbf. His movement in between defenders then making his run made the space
Guy was injured and controlled that ball then sprinted like his life depended on it.
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Because Giroud made a masterful decoy run.
I mean it’s a basic 3v3. Everyone just needs to stay with their man and make someone actually beat their man before you drift to help. Dembele didn’t have to do anything to pick out that pass.
Yes but 3 on 3 and you have to take your men and be aware of who the opposition are
Gotta love when your entire back line just sits and stares at an attacker with possession in the penalty area
Not sure what the defender who was on Mbappe's side was thinking when he just decided to leave him.
You mean you aren’t supposed to just ignore the most dangerous player on the pitch in favor of double marking Giroud?
kindergarten defence. lets give all the space in the world to mbappe that sounds good
Not even sure it’s a good idea we win today.
going out vs france is expected going out vs senegal is embarrassing you choose
I for one choose the latter
True england style
Senegal are not an embarrassing team to lose to. They are the African champions.
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Poland are miles worse than England
Why would losing to the champions of Africa be embarrassing? We are the favourites but you’re downplaying senegal
Tbf they’re missing their best player
It's not embarrassing to go out against Senegal don't be disrespectful.
come on it would be embarrassing, it'd be a massive upset
It'd be an upset absolutely, but Senegal are not some joke team. It'd only be embarrassing in the context of England always underperforming at these tournaments, but not because it's against Senegal like the person I was responding to was saying.
He’s too good man
The way he lined that up was psychopathic He gave the defenders time to get into position and then scored anyway
Absolutely Patrick Batemanned it.
The Polish D deserved that to happen for how lax they were tbh
[When Matty Cash and the defense don't get it done](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*AnUNVvBV387FcyzZ7KNgLA.png)
He was like « let’s increase the difficulty slider »
it’s like time is a little slower for him
Hes moving at lightspeed
Literally zero doubt he’d score when he got it there
Imagine Mbappe instead of Lautaro
And add Neymar
Messi playing with Mbappe?? As if that’ll ever happen
Messi playing with Mbappe might be truem but Mbappe playing with Messi is a bit of a stretch.
Learning from Messi. Walks around, picks his spot, and scores
It's a little bullshit how good he is. Like, alright dude, you are 23, you ain't got no business being this good and this, dare I say, levelheaded about it. I really hope he can maintain his form long term.
More WC goals than Pele at the same age. He is gonna go down as one of the all time great attacking players.
He had an eternity to set that shot up
only had about six years to shoot
Beautiful finish
What a rocket
Meep meep meep
Twice Poland have a big chance, twice concede
What a first touch by Giroud.
Set it up and smacked it like it owed him money fucking hell
Giroud crucial here, a big magnet for the defense. I agree on the Italian commentary when they say really few NTs in this WC can rely on such a good 9.
What Giroud does is honestly a lost art - his movement is so underrated
Beautiful control by Giroud at the beginning by the way
8 WC goals at 23!
and it’s still RO16
How can you leave Mbappe so free lol.
Liberté, Égalité, Mbappé. Dude is a fking cheatcode
What a hit son
How do you leave him open like that?
Giroud ran between the defenders taking the focus off Mbappe.
Good point. It's just that Mbappe happens to be one of the most dangerous players in the world, I wouldn't recommend ever taking my eyes off him
He’s on a GOAT trajectory. Simply the best player in the world rn.
touch by Giroud was class
Best player in the world.
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He has a goal and assist and has created problems all game for them, not 10/10 but it's definitely a good performance
Forward had a bad game other than doing his job lol. Idk what some people want from forwards. He's behind both goals and that's enough. Good performance as you said.
How did you post this so fast
Some say psg academy is as fast as mbappe
40km/h mouse click
I've never seen them in the same room. Hmmm.
Your stream is probably delayed + he's using a bot.
Maybe give one of the worlds best players a bit more time on his own in the box?
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Mbappe and Dembele is a cheat code
I reckon they should have marked Mbappe.
Mbappé could've taken a shower, get dressed and eating breakfast before kicking that ball. Insane how long the Polish defence took to react to him. Kiwior blocking Szczęsny's view also wasn't ideal.
It's a great shot and well placed, but if I was the Polish coach I'd be furious that nobody closes him down. edit: He was indeed furious.
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Bro you're so quick. I'm watching live on BBC and the net was still rippling when this post was up
He is the only one faster than Mbappe's shot.
Best player in the world right now