It is no longer news that global superstar Kylian Mbappe has left French giants Paris Saint-Germain to move to Los BlancosReal Madrid this week for free long announced by the Spanish Giants, all this happened before a friendly match between France and Luxembourg. France strolled to a comfortable 3-0 win over Luxembourg in a pre-Euro 2024 friendly in Metz on Wednesday as striker Kylian Mbappe sealed the win after delivering two assists.
Forward Randal Kolo Muani put France in front just before the break, heading in from a precise Mbappe pass, before Jonathan Clauss’s thunderous strike from outside the box doubled the advantage in the 70th minute. Mbappe added a third 15 minutes later with a low, first-time shot from near the penalty spot for his 47th goal for Les Bleus.
The 25-year-old, who finalized his widely anticipated move to Real Madrid on Monday, has now been involved in 80 goals for France in 78 games.”(Mbappe) is a formidable leader ever since he’s been with us,” said manager Didier Deschamps.
“He did a good job today… his head and body weren’t used to playing very much these past couple of weeks, so some juice was missing… but he decided he wanted to win everything, it’s gotten way better for him. He has been a good example all week.” The World Cup runners-up had Luxembourg pinned back inside their own half for large chunks of the opening 45 minutes but the visitors’ disciplined defense held firm to thwart their efforts.
Ranked 87th, Luxembourg missed out on what could have been their first-ever major tournament with a 2-0 loss to Georgia in their Euro 2024 qualification playoff semi-final.
Mbappe is going to wear the famous number 9 jersey of Real Madrid that has been worn by club legends like Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow Country man Karim Benzema.
