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Mbappé surpasses another record of Messi in Champions League

Published:11/12/2020 - 19:12h

Updated:11/12/2020 - 19:13h

Messi no longer is the youngest player that arrived to the 20 goals in the Champions. In the last day of the Champions League, the youngster Kylian Mbappé no only equalised him, but surpassed him

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The French Kylian Mbappé, with 21 goals, surpassed this Wednesday the record that had the Argentinian star Lionel Messi like the youngest player in reaching 20 goals in the Champions League, in what it was the victory of the PSG 5-1 in front of the Istambul Basaksehir, in the last day of the phase of groups.

The forward crashes of Paris Saint-Germain added a doublet and converted his twentieth goal in the prestigious European competition, from the penal point to the 42 minutes of the meeting. The second so much marked it in the 62' to close the goleada 5-1 in the stadium Park of the Princes. The main Brazilian star Neymar also did notice, converting a triplete and arriving to a figure in the Champions League with 40 goals.

Kylian Mbappé Arrived to the 20 goals with 21 years and 355 days, whereas 'The Flea' converted his twentieth goal with 22 years and 26 days. Between so much, Raúl González situates in the third position (22 years and 297), next by Alessandro of Piero (23 years and 157 days) and finalising in the fifth box Karim Benzema (23 years and 283 days).

The exert is remarkable for 'Donatello', adding 10 goals in 9 parties, adding 5 assistances in the present season of Tie it 1. Besides, in the League of Champions 2020-21 has marked 2 targets and has given 3 passes to goal, that is to say the French has participated in almost all the victories of his team in the current campaign, being the offensive piece more effective of the Parisian team.

However, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, young disclosure, has marked already 16 goals in Champions League, to his 20 years, between the Borussia Dortmund and his stage in the RB Salzburg. Of this way, only remains to 5 so many to equalise to the French star and voucher limit that his team attained to advance to the following phase of Champions like leader of the Group F, where Haaland marked 6 goals in 4 parties.

It goes back the racism to the fields

The Tuesday was the official party between PSG and Basaksehir by the sixth date of the League of Champions, but after a racial incident by part of the fourth referee Sebastian Coltescu, to the 15 minutes of the meeting, the players of the Turkish club denied to be followed the meeting and his mates of the Paris joined in the protest.

The mishap occurred when the fourth judge did a racist comment to a technical assistant of the Basaksehir, Pierre Webó, the one who is Cameroonian, after receiving a red card by the central referee. Afterwards it could hear to Webó in the transmision of the French channel RMC Sport, asking in constant occasions: "Why that said black?", signalling to the collegiate chamber.

Besides, I listen to the forward of the Istambul Demba Ba saying: "never you say 'this white man', only say 'this man' then when you mention to a black man have to say 'black man'?". Mbappé, also said in the meeting, commented: "we do not go to play with that here. If that does not go from here, we do not play. It fulfilled the protest and, afterwards of several minutes, the clubs decided not going out and remained suspended until the Wednesday.

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