I have to say when young French forward Kylian Mbappe burst onto the scene as a teenager at Monaco I thought it was a typical case of the media overhyping a player. That was until I saw the forward play.
Since his breakthrough season, the 19-year-old has moved to PSG for big money and enjoyed another fruitful campaign in Ligue One.
However, on Saturday afternoon the youngster announced himself as a top-level player in the international game, as Mbappe helped France through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a brace in a pulsating 4-3 victory over Argentina.
A performance to remember from Mbappe
France has a highly talented group of players, many of them in their prime footballing years. However, the 19-year-old took the game by the scruff of the neck. …