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Kylian Mbappe and Leo Messi (Reuters)
The World Cup final on Sunday at 17:00 will bring together perhaps the two best footballers the industry has to offer. On the one hand, Leo Messi who will try to end the last World Cup in his career with a title that will stamp his greatness, while on the other hand, Kylian Mbappe dreams of completing a second consecutive victory before the age of 24, which will place him at the top at a very early stage of his career.
For Paris Saint-Germain, it will actually be a derby between two of its biggest stars, after Neymar, who completes the attacking trio, was already eliminated in the quarter-finals. Quite surprisingly, Mbappe is the only Frenchman representing PSG in the national team, with Messi being the only one in the Albiceleste squad to play for the team, although players like Leonardo Paredes and Angel Di Maria know it well.
Before the World Cup final, it was announced in France that after the extension of Mbappe’s contract with the team, the relationship between him and Leo Messi became tighter. In ‘Kip’ it was stated that “Messi is very happy with the extension of Mbappe’s contract and since then the two have strengthened their cooperation in training and work together on coordination and movements”. In the first, they will try to destroy each other and completely forget the friendship of the French champion.
The team from the City of Lights has already resumed its training and will hold its first preparatory game today (Friday) against FC Paris, the city rival playing in the second league. The team takes into account the mental and physical manner in which the players will return from the World Cup break and therefore adjusted a return date for each player according to the circumstances. Of course, in today’s game many young people will participate due to Christophe Galtier’s staff constraints.
Meanwhile, if the number of stars in the squad is not enough, reports have begun linking Joao Felix to the team. Yesterday, Gianluca Di Marzio confirmed that “Felix wants to play for PSG, Atletico Madrid demand 130/140 million euros”. The Portuguese did not find his place under Diego Simeone and flourished in the World Cup in his national team uniform. Recently, his name has been linked to several teams and it seems that Paris has also entered the race.
