French players celebrate after Mbappe's second goal
#1 Kylian Mbappe has arrived
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Mbappe wheels away in celebration after scoring his second
Ring the horns, float the flyers and bang the drums, the wonderkid has arrived on the grandest stage of them all. In truth, I don't even know if we should still be calling him that. How can you reduce a fully formed footballing talent that can send defenders straight to the shrink still be categorized as a wonderkid?
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Mbappe was immense from the get-go. Needing no invitation whatsoever to turn on the afterburners, Mbappe won the first penalty kick for France all by himself as he stirred his stumps and flitted past the Argentinian backline before being clawed to the ground by Marcos Rojo.
Mbappe kept at it, winning a freekick right outside the area after running on to a long ball pumped forward by Pogba. For all his industry and the sheer quality that he put on show, Mbappe easily deserved to have his name on the scoresheet.
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He did one better and ended the night with 2. France have made it to the quarter-finals and Kylian Mbappe has come of age.
1958 - Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 (19 years & 6 months) is the youngest player to score at least two goals in a World Cup game since Pelé 🇧🇷 v Sweden in 1958 (17 years & 8 months). Shivers. #FRARG#WorldCuppic.twitter.com/51N8RSGs6K
Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.
For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.
Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.
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