“Not happy? Triple.” This sentence will certainly follow Kylian Mbappé throughout his career. But how suitable it is for him… This Wednesday evening, on the pitch of Olympiakos, the French striker scored three goals in seven minutes to completely overthrow the Greek team, who opened the scoring anyway through Chiquinho.
But the Blues captain has had a superb season, and he once again proved all his talent. Put into orbit by Vinicius, the former Parisian started with a precise and calm attack to equalize (22nd). Two minutes later, he took advantage of a fine cross from Arda Güler to score with a header and give the Merengues the lead.
All smiles, Kylian Mbappé added another goal with another deep call in the 29th minute. Starting from an offside position, he was served perfectly by Eduardo Camavinga before finishing calmly with his right foot and celebrating as usual.
In Champions League history, only Liverpool striker Mo Salah was quicker to score a hat-trick, in 2022-2023, against Rangers in six minutes 12 seconds.
The chronic ankle pain that kept him from playing the French team’s last game in Azerbaijan at the last rally now appears to be behind him. Bondynois scored 22 goals in 21 games with Real Madrid this season.
