Olympique de Marseille coach Igor Tudor has been full of praise for one of the Paris Saint-Germain forwards.
Igor Tudor must face the facts. In the columns of the sports newspaper The Team, Wednesday, the coach of Olympique de Marseille greeted a star of Paris Saint-Germain. The Marseille technician paid a huge tribute to a striker who pulls the capital club, leader of Ligue 1 with a seven-point lead over the Marseille rival, at arm’s length.
“When he wasn’t there, we beat them”
The former Chievo Verona manager was rave about Kylian Mbappé, whom the 44-year-old considers the best player in the world. Igor Tudor acknowledges that Paris Saint-Germain remain ultra-dependent on the performance of the 2018 world champion. “If they (PSG) want to win, they win. Then there is Mbappé. I have immense respect for Messi, who for me is the best player in the history of football, Neymar is very strong too, but today Mbappé is the strongest in the world and the team is not all the same with or without him. Moreover, when he was not there, we beat them (in the Coupe de France). Then with him, and with another motivation on their part, they won.”
Since the start of the 2022-2023 season, the native of Bondy has scored 31 goals in 33 matches in all competitions, including 19 goals in 24 Ligue 1 matches. years scored twice against the Netherlands (4-0) before remaining silent against Ireland (1-0), in a double confrontation counting for the qualifiers for the European Championship 2024. His two goals against the Oranje allow him to occupy fifth place in the ranking of the best scorers in the history of the France team, now three lengths behind Michel Platini.
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