As always, Paris Saint-Germain’s season will be defined by what happens in the Champions League and there are major doubts about its prospects heading into the first leg of a heavyweight round of 16 game with Bayern Munich next week. PSG goes to Monaco this weekend defending an eight-point lead at the top of Ligue […]
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Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain face potentially season-defining week
A French Cup trip to bitter rival Marseille on Wednesday marks the start of a seven-day stretch that could define this season for Paris Saint-Germain, with a Champions League showdown against Bayern Munich looming. The Bundesliga giant visits the French capital for the first leg of its Champions League round of 16 matchup next Tuesday, […]
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PSG loses injured Kylian Mbappe for first leg of Bayern Champions League clash
Kylian Mbappe faces three weeks out of action with a thigh injury and will miss the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League round-of-16 matchup against Bayern Munich on February 14. The French star was hurt during the first half of Wednesday’s 3-1 win at Montpellier in Ligue 1, having earlier had two penalties saved. […]
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Ligue 1: Messi, Mbappe and Neymar set to join forces for first time since World Cup
Paris Saint-Germain’s trip to Rennes on Sunday is set to be the first time their superstar front three of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have all played together since the World Cup. Mbappe returned to training on Thursday having been given 10 days off after coming back from Qatar and playing in PSG’s first […]
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What They're Saying: Kylian Mbappe
“It’s flattering to be second after Pele, but Pele is in another category, let’s put things in context.” — Kylian Mbappe on being told he joined Pele as theonly teenagers who had multi-goal games in the knockout stage of the World Cup. Sixty years after Pele did it twice for Brazil at Sweden 1958, Mbappe […]
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USA-France Takeaways: Green goal rewards gritty U.S. display
The Americans finished up a three-game run of friendlies Saturday by grinding out a 1-1 tie with European heavyweight France in Lyon. A 1-0 lead provided by a Julian Green goal– his first for the U.S. in 20 months – boosted the Americans, who scrambled to contain the potent French attack and relied on the […]
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Market Watch: Highest transfer values, U-21s
1. Kylian Mbappe (Paris SG, $217.1M) 2. Dele Alli (Tottenham, $214.0M) 3. Leroy Sane (Man. City, $147.8M) 4. Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona, $143.0M)5. Marcus Rashford (Man. Utd., $138.6M) 6. Gabriel Jesus (Man. City, $128.7M) 7. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig, $110.0M) 8. Anthony Martial (Man. Utd.,$101.6M) 9. Christian Pulisic (Bor. Dortmund, $89.3M) 10. Davinson Sanchez (Tottenham, $78.7M) […]
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Mbappe scores in PSG debut
Kylian Mbappe scored in his Paris St. Germain debut as the Ligue 1 leaders won their fifth straight game with a 5-1 win over of 10-man Metz. Mbappe played alongside Neymar and GermanJulian Draxler on a three-player behind Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, who led PSG with two goals.
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Mbappe to Monaco fans: 'I love you'
Young French star Kylian Mbappe has a message to Monaco fans critical of him for his drawn-out transfer saga that ended with him joining rival Paris St. Germain. “I know that a fewof you don’t understand my choice and that you’re angry and I understand that,” Mbappe, jeered by fans at his last game on […]
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French freak-out all about nothing
France entered Matchday 7 of its 10-game World Cup 2018 qualifying with some concerns. A shock loss to Sweden in June had dropped the Bleus into second place in Group A, and a slip-upagainst the Netherlands at home on Thursday would have dropped them into third place. In Concacaf, third place is worth a ticket […]