Mbappe Faces ‘Good Friend’ Hakimi in World Cup Semifinal
Kylian Mbappe is going to meet his good friend Achraf Hakimi again at this World Cup.
Not like the first time in Qatar last week, when the France star went to visit his Paris Saint-Germain teammate at the Morocco team hotel in downtown Doha.
On Wednesday, Mbappe will be marked by Hakimi in a World Cup semifinal — his path to Morocco's well-defended goal down the French left wing blocked by a player he rates highly.
"ACHRAF HAKIMI. BEST RB IN THE WORLD," Mbappe wrote in English on his Twitter account in January, referring to the right back position Hakimi occupies for club and country.
It is a high-level duel as both approach a World Cup summit that would be historic for either team.
Mbappe versus Hakimi — the tournament's top scorer with five goals in five games against the standout talent in the tournament-best defense that has conceded just once, and it was an own-goal.
It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship when the Moroccan player joined Mbappe at PSG in July 2021 from Inter Milan for a transfer fee reported to be $63 million.
Two young men born within several weeks of each other in 1998 — just a few months after France won its first World Cup title — soon got along.
Kylian Mbappe is going to meet his good friend Achraf Hakimi again at this World Cup.
Not like the first time in Qatar last week, when the France star went to visit his Paris Saint-Germain teammate at the Morocco team hotel in downtown Doha.
On Wednesday, Mbappe will be marked by Hakimi in a World Cup semifinal — his path to Morocco's well-defended goal down the French left wing blocked by a player he rates highly.
"ACHRAF HAKIMI. BEST RB IN THE WORLD," Mbappe wrote in English on his Twitter account in January, referring to the right back position Hakimi occupies for club and country.
It is a high-level duel as both approach a World Cup summit that would be historic for either team.
Mbappe versus Hakimi — the tournament's top scorer with five goals in five games against the standout talent in the tournament-best defense that has conceded just once, and it was an own-goal.
It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship when the Moroccan player joined Mbappe at PSG in July 2021 from Inter Milan for a transfer fee reported to be $63 million.
Two young men born within several weeks of each other in 1998 — just a few months after France won its first World Cup title — soon got along.
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