Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Thursday June 6, 2024 at 3:16 p.m.
Kylian Mbappé broke away from Thierry Henry, with whom he still shared second place among passers in blue.
Records continue to fall in the France team, match after match, with Olivier Giroud and of course Kylian Mbappé. The future Real Madrid striker, decisive passer against Luxembourg (3-0) for Randal Kolo Muani, author of the opening score with a header, at the end of the first period, was therefore not content with scoring the last goal – his 47th. He was even present on each goal by also offering a decisive pass to Jonathan Clauss, even if this offering bears his name much less well on this action, as the Marseillais strike owes to no one other than himself .
In front of Henry, Zidane, Kopa, Platini and Djorkaeff
But it counts as much as the others, which brings Kylian Mbappé to 29 assists in 78 selections, the second best total in the history of the Blues ahead of Thierry Henry (27) and just behind Antoine Griezmann (30). The captain of the France team has provided nine assists this season, one against Ireland (2-0) in September, another against Scotland (4-0) in October, three in front of Gibraltar (14- 0) in November and two others in Greece (2-2) in November then against Chile (3-2) in March.
The rest of the top 10, in order, is made up of Zinedine Zidane (26 assists), Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Youri Djorkaeff (20), Sylvain Wiltord (18), Franck Ribéry and Karim Benzema (17). Kylian Mbappé displays the second best ratio behind Raymond Kopa, with 0.37 passes per match for the former Monegasque compared to 0.44 passes per match for the 1958 Ballon d’Or, who only needed 45 selections to deliver his 20 offerings. Another era.
