Kylian Mbappe’s 11 challenges in 2023
2023 will be another exceptional year for Kylian Mbappe as he looks to win his first Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain and rack up his goals. Still in pursuit of individual and team records, the French prodigy can write a little more in European and world football history in 2023 after the runner-up title and goalscoring campaign. with a hat-trick in the final.
Win the Champions League with PSG
This is the big goal of PSG and Kylian Mbappe; won the first Champions League in its history. Kylian Mbappe came up big to deliver the coveted trophy to the Paris club. The fans will wait impatiently again, starting with the clash with Bayern Munich in the 1/8 finals.
Be the top scorer in PSG history
In 2020, Paris legend Edinson Cavani became the best scorer in the history of Paris Saint-Germain. This record will most likely be broken by Kylian Mbappe in 2023. The Frenchman had 190 goals at the end of December, against 200 for the Uruguayan matador, so this record could be reached for Mbappe this 2022/2023 season.
Be the top scorer in Ligue 1 for the 5th season in a row
Kylian Mbappe has been the top scorer in Ligue 1 for four seasons now. With 28 goals, he surpassed all the competition and became the first player to score in the same season. the best passer of the championship. If he were to score again, Mbappe would be as good as former Marseille striker Jean-Pierre Papin, who scored five consecutive Ligue 1 goals between 1998 and 1992.
Win the 11th league title for Paris and become the sole leading club in the league 1 list
With 10 French championships, PSG is joint record holder of titles with AS SaintEtienne. Mbappe can therefore help his club become the most successful club in France with an 11th trophy. A new title will surely bring the striker back into the hearts of the fans a little more.
He broke the scoring record in one season: 44 goals
There are records that seem unattainable: the record of goals in one season in the French championship is one of them. This record belongs to former OM player Josip Skoblar who scored 44 goals in one training session in 1970/1971. That record is hard to beat in modern football now, but who knows, Mbappe might want to erase it to make some more history. In 2018/2019, he scored 33 goals.
Up your title game
Nobody is perfect. Kylian Mbappé knows this, he is a perfect supporter of the round ball, he still has areas to improve and the header game is part of that. The Parisian has a total of 4 headers for PSG. The title is likely to move forward to further expand its already impressive technical palette.
To be the top scorer of the Champions League 2022/2023 season
As we know, Kylian Mbappe is in search of records and statistics. There is one category in which the Frenchman has never entered the list, the top scorer of the Champions League. Indeed, since discovering the competition in 2016, the Blues striker has never been top scorer at the end of the edition. He will have to end that spiral in 2023, but he knows that will require a long journey for his club in the most beautiful competitions, which unfortunately has not always been the case for him in recent years.
Win the Ballon d’Or in the 2022/2023 season
Kylian Mbappe has been very high in the Ballon d’Or rankings for several years now. Thus, in the five seasons he has appeared in the latest ranking, the Frenchman has always been in the top 10, with 4th place as the best position in 2018. Mbappe will aim to get closer to the top title and take over. Karim to Benzema for an incredible treble double. The PSG player has all the cards in his hands considering his performances, but he is certainly having a great Champions League career. The problem is that his teammate Lionel Messi stole his new world crown… Kilian will have to score a lot of goals…
He plays in the first team with his brother Ethan
Kylian Mbappe has the distinction of hoping to have his brother Ethan in PSG’s youth teams. Ethan Mbappe often plays with the U19s and in the Youth League. So we can imagine Kylian’s brother pushing for some playing time with the pennant-winning team this season. Game time will be difficult for Ethan this season, with the Coupe de France or lower-stakes matches at the end of the season being those who know the opportunity to discover the youngest of the Mbappe brothers. On 16 December, Ethan Mbappe played his first minutes with the first team when he came on as a substitute in a friendly match between Paris Saint-Germain and Paris FC. The first sign?
Be more accessible with media
Talking to journalists is not Mbappe’s favorite pastime. He doesn’t like to talk to the press, whether it’s at a press conference or in the mixed zone at the end of a match. We could see this during the World Cup in Qatar, where he showed very little in front of the cameras, preferring to concentrate on the field, according to him. This is one of the elements that the Parisian will have to fix in order to improve his image. If he does very well with the ball, the fans will surely forgive him.
Signing at Real Madrid (finally).
Kylian Mbappe’s name has been floating around Real Madrid for several years now. He has been rumored to go to Spain every summer for three years. This was even more evident last summer when his contract with the capital club expired. Will 2023 be the year of departure for Casa Blanca? The future will tell. Regardless, Parisian supporters are counting on their protege to win their first Champions League, which can certainly be forgiven if it happens before he joins Los Blancos. Olivier Rivaud
