Fans were wowed over by Kylian Mbappé’s performance in the 2022 World Cup final, where he scored a hat-trιck despite his team’s inability to win the competition against Argentina. However, Mbappé’s team did not come out on top.
On the football field, the French striker made a significant impact with his speed, technique, and precise shots. Meanwhile, another generation of kids in France is growing up with a big dream: the dream of being the “next Mbappé” of French football.
Mbappé is the latest “golden” nаme to emerge from the continuous stream of top talents trained in this European nation. France is considered light years ahead of Brazil, Germany, and other major football powers, often compared to a “manufacturing factory” of football talents. This is evident in France’s success in training.
Since the end of the Cold Wаr, no nation has been able to maintain the success of its national football team across multiple generations of players. France achieved its first World Cup victory with “Les Bleus” in 1998, reached the final once more in 2006, where they were defeated by Italy. Twelve years later, in 2018, they were victorious over Croatia, winning the championship and setting themselves up to compete in the 2022 World Cup final.
Although Brazil, Germany, and Italy have more overall titles, reaching the final for the fourth time in just 24 years establishes France as the best team in the world at this time. Notably, Kylian Mbappé has always managed to capture the attention of football enthusiasts, evident in both of France’s previous appearances in the World Cup final. His training facility gained a lot of attention immediately after the 24-year-old brought the gold trophy to France for the first time.
AS Bondy, the club for which Mbappé played when he was younger, is considered one of the starting points in France’s “factory” of football talent. And because of what Mbappé brings to football in this country, many young players have been inspired to believe in themselves and their potential for the future.
“Mbappé motivates me, makes me want to train harder,” says Yacine Ngamatah, a twelve-year-old player who scored four out of ten goals for the home team in a match against a club from a suburb of Paris other than Paris itself. Yacine Ngamatah is one of the players who helped the home team win the match.
It is common knowledge that Yacine is currently trying out for the professional team Dijon, which competes in the second division of France’s football league. Ngamatah not only possesses the ability to complete tasks but also the ability to keep moving without stopping. Because of this, the boy’s teammates have given him the nicknаme “N’Golo Kanté,” derived from the nаme of a well-known French midfielder. Kanté began his professional football career in the past while playing for a local Parisian team called Suresnes.