Kylian Mbappé has birthday to remember with two goals and a PSG debut for his 16-year-old brother

 

Kylian Mbappé has birthday to remember with two goals and a PSG debut for his 16-year-old brother

Two goals in the French top division and seeing your 16-year-old brother make his professional soccer debut – Kylian Mbappé received presents that money can’t buy for his 25th birthday. For someone who has achieved so much in the game of soccer, it is hard to believe that PSG’s all-time top scorer has only just reached this milestone and Mbappé reminded all those watching that he will be around for years to come with his performance against Metz on Wednesday.

After Vitinha gave PSG a 1-0 lead just after the halftime break, Mbappé scored his first goal of the night and in some style. The 2022 World Cup golden boot winner picked the ball up just outside the edge of the Metz box in the 60th minute before curling and dipping a brilliant strike in off the crossbar.

Metz got back into the game through a Matthieu Udol header, but if there were any nerves, Mbappé quickly put an end to them. The French forward was gifted his second goal when he latched onto an under hit pass back to the Metz goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja. Mbappé beat him to the ball, rounded the keeper and then tapped it into an open net to make it 3-1.

With the game nearing a conclusion, Mbappé was given his final present of the match when PSG manager Luis Enrique gave a debut to Ethan Mbappé as a 90th-minute substitute. The 16-year-old was not on the field for long, but the Mbappé brothers were able to share the pitch together for the first time in senior football.