Imagine if someone decided Man City or Glasgow Celtic winning titles was not important, just because it happens lots of times. Mbappé had looked threatening in the first half, dumping Matty Cash on his backside in one memorable sequence, and his through-ball for Giroud was a clever bit of skill, but both of his goals were exceedingly well taken. They were eventually eliminated from the Champions League following a 4–1 loss on aggregate to Juventus, with Mbappé scoring his team's lone goal in the second leg.

He was named to the FIFA FIFPro World11 in 2018, 2019 and 2022, the UEFA Team of the Year in 2018 and the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season in 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22. Poland were somewhat lucky to scrape through their group after a muddling draw against Mexico and a win over Saudi Arabia, but they still have a decent collection of individuals, including Wojciech Szczesny, Robert Lewandowski and Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski. After a 3–3 draw, the game went to a penalty shoot-out; Mbappé failed to score the decisive fifth penalty, and France were eliminated from the tournament. On 5 September 2020, Mbappé scored the only goal for France in a 1–0 UEFA Nations League win against Sweden.His performances for his club and national team have seen him shortlisted for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2019 [227] and 2023. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Mbappé became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup, as well as the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World Cup Final. In 2017, aged 18, he partnered with the brand to launch his own football boots, the Kylian Mbappé Nike Hypervenom 3. Comment le club a convaincu Kylian Mbappé de signer malgré l'intervention du Real Madrid et de Zinédine Zidane".

Trophées UNFP: Neymar élu joueur de Ligue 1, Le PSG rafle tout ou presque"[UNFP Trophies: Neymar elected player of Ligue 1, the PSG gets all or almost all]. Just over four years after making his professional debut, he had over 50 million followers on Instagram.The Aston Villa star was named the world's best goalkeeper for the past 12 months, owing largely to his exploits at the World Cup with Argentina.

Both Argentina and France would have easily beat England today because, the managers made tactical and timely changes, to give us one of the best World Cup ever. He netted seven goals in seven games and became the first player to score in each round of the same World Cup since the last-16 round was introduced in 1986. On 21 March 2023, following the international retirement of Hugo Lloris, manager Didier Deschamps named Mbappé the new captain of France ahead of their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.The same happened to Lionel Messi in 2014, and the winner of the Golden Ball in 2010, Diego Forlán, didn’t even reach the final. On 24 July, in the Coupe de France Final against Saint-Étienne, Mbappé was forced off after sustaining an injury following a challenge from Loïc Perrin, who was sent off; PSG won the match 1–0, [91] although Mbappé was ruled out of the Coupe de la Ligue Final, [92] which PSG went on to win, completing a domestic treble. While he admits his "life has been totally turned upside down" since he first entered the spotlight, he says he is "happy".