Edinson Cavani needed 301 games to score 200 goals in the Parisian tunic. The Uruguayan had strived to bring the record for most goals scored by a Paris Saint-Germain player to a nice round number. By piercing Alban Lafont in the 92nd minute, Kylian Mbappé blew this statistic after 247 games with the PSG shirt on his shoulders. Since his double on the lawn of the Vélodrome, last weekend, the Parisian striker had risen to the level of the Uruguayan. In his stadium, the Parc des Princes, and in front of his public, the Bondynois has reserved the top of this prestigious ranking.
At 24, the French international is progressing a little more in the history of PSG. Under contract with the Parisian team until June 2025, Mbappé is no longer in the position of the hunter. He will now be able to take this record to new heights. With his fiery legs, it’s hard to imagine his limits as he likes to shake the opposing nets.
Cavani dethroned Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the end of January 2018 by scoring a 157th goal in Paris colors. He kept the record holder’s costume for just over five years. This goalscoring record has been broken frequently in recent times, thanks to the increase in the number of matches, the dominance of PSG and the quality of the attackers populating the Ile-de-France attack. However, it’s a safe bet that Kylian Mbappé will be quiet for a while on the roof of the Parc des Princes. His youth, his appetite and the distance that separates him from players likely to steal his new asset speak for him. “I didn’t put pressure on myself, I knew I was going to beat him, he said at the end of the match, at the microphone of Canal +. At the end of the match when there is a little more room, you know there are opportunities. Playing here is a privilege. I have changed a lot. I grew up in every sense of the word. I play to write history. And I’ve always had to want to write history in France. »
PSG have planned a ceremony at the end of the match to present an award to their striker who recovered the captain’s armband after Marquinhos’ injury exit.