Mbappé against Kane: the duel of the titans
It’s the return of the Champions League with the big poster of the evening between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. One man is at the forefront before this meeting, the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé. Defended yesterday at a press conference by Alvaro Arbeloa and Vinicius Jr, number 10, who has not scored for two months, knows he is expected. “ Waiting for Mbappé ” noted AS which specifies that Real’s best period this season, namely the 5 consecutive victories and the success in the Champions League against City took place when the Bondynois was missing. Same expectation in France where the Team takes stock of the best goal ratios per minute in the Champions League since 2016. And in this area, the captain of the Blues is perfectly tied with his evening opponent Harry Kane with a goal every 113 minutes, quite far behind Erling Haaland, who has 1 goal every 81 minutes. And precisely on the Parisian side, it is the upcoming duel between “ the two best scorers in the world » which makes you salivate. The daily had fun comparing the two stars through the opinion of Sydney Govou. For the former Lyon player, Kane advantage for finishing and impact in the game. On the other hand, the consultant believes that Kylian Mbappé is the strongest in the head and has a superior aura, first element of response this evening.
The great return of Gyokeres
Head to England now where Arsenal are expected to face Sporting in the second quarter-final first leg of the day. The moment of truth for the Gunners who advance with the favorite costume, but plagued by doubt lately. Beaten successively by Manchester City in the League Cup final last week then this weekend by Southampton in the FA Cup, Mikel Arteta’s men, hungrier than ever according to the Spaniard, are keen to get their heads back on track. A scenario very similar to the 2004 season experienced at the time by the Gunners and the Mirror Sport do not fail to draw the parallel. At the time, Arsenal had also been successively eliminated from the FA Cup and then the Champions League before bouncing back against Liverpool thanks to a hat-trick from one man, Thierry Henry. And the one who could take this role this evening is the Swede Viktor Gyokeres who faces his former club Sporting. “ Swedish success runs in Viktor’s veins » specifies the English tabloid which is expecting a great match from the former Sporting scorer. And on the Portuguese side, we are delighted with the return of the serial scorer. “ A hot summer doesn’t erase the memories ” noted Record. Despite disputes at the time of his departure last summer, the Swede leaves very good memories at Sporting and should receive a warm welcome from the people of Lisbon this evening.
A decision in several months for the purchase of the Park
In PSG news, the subject of the takeover of the Parc des Princes is more than ever around the table since the appointment of the new mayor of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire. However, the Capital club has not abandoned the Poissy and Massy files for the construction of a brand new enclosure. According to The TeamVictoriano Melero – the general director of PSG – will meet this Tuesday with the mayors of the two municipalities in the Paris suburbs. These exchanges will serve in particular to renew contact and will make it possible to relaunch the territorial steering committees. As a reminder, the two re-elected mayors have announced that they will organize consultations to find out the opinions of their population and PSG wishes to decide on the future of its stadium in the fall.
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