Kylian Mbappe targets more 'history' after becoming PSG's all-time leading goalscorer

05.03.2023 - 08:09 thenationalnews.com

Kylian Mbappe said it was "magnificent" to become Paris Saint-Germain's all-time leading goalscorer but the French forward insisted he still plenty more to come.

Mbappe scored his 201st goal for PSG in Saturday night's 4-2 win over Nantes to solidify the capital club's position at the top of the Ligue 1 standings.

PSG hold an 11-point lead over second-placed Marseille. The France superstar had equalled Edinson Cavani's previous record of 200 goals with a brace in last week's win at Marseille and went one better by netting in stoppage time at the Parc des Princes.

PSG had earlier squandered a two-goal lead, with Lionel Messi putting them ahead and a Jaouen Hadjam own goal making it 2-0 inside 17 minutes before Nantes fought back to draw level through Ludovic Blas and Ignatius Ganago.

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Kylian Mbappe marked his first game as France captain with a brace in a 4-0 demolition of the Netherlands in Euro 2024 qualifying on Friday, while Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick as Belgium began a new era with a 3-0 victory in Sweden. In Paris, France were three goals up before the midway point in the first half of their Group B opener against a Dutch side depleted by a virus.

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A three-goal blitz in the opening 21-minutes saw France blow Netherlands away as they got their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign underway with a 4-0 victory. Playing their first game since losing the World Cup final on penalties to Argentina, Didier Deschamps’ side were in stunning form, as Antoine Griezmann and new captain Kylian Mbappe were both on the scoresheet.

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Fresh from becoming the second player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final – and the first on the losing team after penalty shootout heartbreak to Argentina in Qatar – Kylian Mbappe has been named the new France captain ahead of Antoine Griezmann. The armband was vacant after Hugo Lloris retired from international duty in January, having captained the side to victory at Russia 2018 and the final four years later. Expected replacement Raphael Varane swiftly followed that with his own retirement statement aged just 29, leaving Deschamps searching for a new leader on the pitch.

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