France-Gibraltar: a hat-trick, 46 goals in Blue, 300 career goals, Mbappé’s incredible evening

2023-11-18 23:39:43

An evening under the sign of 3. A hat-trick, a third place, and the milestone of 300, this is Kylian Mbappé’s assessment this Saturday evening. By scoring the 4th, 11th and 12 goals of the Blues’ demonstration against Gibraltar, the captain of this French team brought his total of goals with the Blues in 74 caps to 46. A penalty first allowed him to join his teammate Antoine Griezmann in third place in the ranking of top scorers in the history of the Blues, before he overtook him in the 75th minute. And a marvelous 40m lob in the 8th minute allowed him to get closer to Thierry Henry (51) and Olivier Giroud (56). A few more matches, and KMB will be alone in the world…

And 3 assists

Selected for the first time in March 2017, the Paris Saint-Germain striker scored his first goal on August 31, against the Netherlands, during the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. He then completely exploded during this World Cup, won by the Blues thanks in particular to a goal from Kylian Mbappé in the final. Four years later, in Qatar, the native of Bondy scored three more against Argentina, becoming the top scorer in history in a World Cup final.

Against Gibraltar, the captain of the France team not only scored three goals, his second hat-trick with the France team. He brought his personal career tally to… 300 goals. Stunning. The PSG player also delivered three assists, first to Jonathan Clauss then to Youssouf Fofana and Kingsley Coman following a subtle combination in the area.