Kylian Mbappé didn’t quite meet expectations during the Dortmund-PSG match: according to Habib Beye, there are excuses.
Struggling in the game against Borussia Dortmund (1-0) in the Champions League on Wednesday, Kylian Mbappé (25 years old, 11 matches and 8 goals in the Champions League this season) naturally became the target of numerous criticisms. However, Habib Beye sought to provide some perspective regarding the forward’s poor performance for Paris Saint-Germain.
« He was rather discreet, that’s true. However, he lacked depth. We know that Mbappé needs space. I think Dortmund played it well. But he will have to do much better in the return leg, and perhaps Ousmane Dembélé’s positioning, in the center, didn’t allow him to find that depth, whereas if he had had Dembélé on the right, he could have received crosses. He had very few balls to exploit, » judged the Red Star coach for Canal+.
« He needs to be better in a match like this, but he wasn’t served either to be the player who makes the difference in that depth, » said the Canal+ consultant.