{"id":29396,"date":"2024-03-06T08:59:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T05:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/29396\/mbappe-sends-wake-up-call-to\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T08:59:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T05:59:30","slug":"mbappe-sends-wake-up-call-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=29396","title":{"rendered":"Mbapp\u00e9 sends wake-up call to PSG&#8217;s Champions League rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mbapp\u00e9 sends wake-up call to PSG&#8217;s Champions League rivals\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 may be on his way out of the French capital, but while he is still in Paris Saint-Germain&#39;s starting XI, the team remains dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup winner showed why on Tuesday, scoring two excellent goals in a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad that took PSG back to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in three seasons .<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew straight away that we couldn\u2019t sleep,\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 said after the match.  \u201cIf they had opened the score, they would have continued with the support of their fans. We had to dampen their hopes from the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we did and we\u2019re very happy to be back in the quarter-finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PSG moved 4-1 ahead on aggregate, with Mbappe also scoring one of the goals in the 2-0 first-leg <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> in Paris three weeks ago.  ESPN reported that Mbapp\u00e9 has already told PSG that he will not stay with the club after this season, with a move to Real Madrid looking almost certain.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, center, led PSG into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in three years on Tuesday. <cite>Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite spending huge amounts to try to win the Champions League for the first time, PSG had been eliminated from the round of 16 five times in the last seven seasons, including the last two.  They reached the semi-finals in 2021 and were runners-up in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to qualify, but we also wanted to win,\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 said.  &#8220;We had a clear game plan and we managed to score early. We didn&#39;t have too much pressure, just a little towards the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite his exploits against Sociedad, Mbapp\u00e9 had failed to score in his last two appearances, two draws against Rennes and AS Monaco, and was substituted in both of those matches \u2013 a decision by Luis Enrique which, according to sources from ESPN, didn&#39;t work.  well with his star player.<\/p>\n<p>But Mbapp\u00e9 played until the final whistle on Tuesday and reiterated after the match that there were no problems between the PSG coach and himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no problem with him even if people think there is a problem,\u201d Mbapp\u00e9 said.  \u201cI have problems, but coach is not one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luis Enrique put it even more succinctly: &#8220;I have no problem with any player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can score 50 goals and give 25 assists with any coach,\u201d added the PSG coach.  &#8220;For me he is the best player in the world in the final third, unstoppable. Today he also showed that he can keep the ball when the game situation demands it and then attack up the pitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With his two goals against Sociedad, Mbapp\u00e9 became the second youngest player to reach 45 Champions League goals in the group stage and round of 16 at 25 years and 76 days old.  Lionel Messi reached this mark at 24 years and 257 days, and Mbapp\u00e9 now has 46.<\/p>\n<p><em>Information from the Associated Press was used in this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mbapp\u00e9 sends wake-up call to PSG&#8217;s Champions League rivals\u060c Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 may be on his way out of the French capital, but while he is still in Paris Saint-Germain&#39;s starting XI, the team remains dangerous. The World Cup winner showed why on Tuesday, scoring two excellent goals in a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[213,1537,703,1307,3457,2592,3489,10127],"class_list":["post-29396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-call","tag-champions","tag-league","tag-mbappe","tag-psgs","tag-rivals","tag-sends","tag-wakeup"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29398,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29396\/revisions\/29398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}