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Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 has offered a fascinating glimpse into what it was like to share a training pitch with Lionel Messi during their time together at Paris Saint-Germain. The Real Madrid superstar admitted he was left stunned by the Argentine’s metronomic consistency in front of goal.<\/p>\n
For two seasons, football fans were treated to the dream frontline of Mbappe, Messi, and Neymar at the Parc des Princes. While the trio did not manage to deliver the elusive Champions League trophy to the French capital, the individual brilliance on display during their daily sessions remains etched in Mbapp\u00e9’s memory.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on those days during an appearance on the podcast The Bridge, the French captain spoke glowingly about the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner. The Bondy native confessed that Messi operated on a completely different level of technical perfection.<\/p>\n
Mbapp\u00e9 shared a specific anecdote from a shooting drill in Paris that left him questioning his own world-class abilities. Even with Neymar’s flair and his own clinical nature, the Frenchman admitted that neither could match the efficiency and repetitive precision displayed by Messi during routine practice.<\/p>\n
“Messi, it\u2019s actually too much. He does everything well,” Mbapp\u00e9 explains. “I\u2019ll tell you an anecdote, we were doing finishing in Paris. In Paris, Ney and I were at the top of the pile. He arrived, we took 10 shots, Ney and I scored 6 or 7. Leo hit it 9 times, he scored the same goal 9 times. Only passes into the net.”<\/p>\n
The sheer ease with which Messi dispatched his efforts caught the rest of the star-studded squad off guard. Mbapp\u00e9 described a sense of bewilderment at seeing such a high level of execution, noting that the Argentine made the most difficult aspects of the game look entirely routine.<\/p>\n
Continuing his recollection of the session, Mbapp\u00e9 added: “I looked at him like ‘did you not understand or what’. It’s too much.” This sense of awe from a player of Mbapp\u00e9’s stature underscores the unique impact Messi had on his colleagues, even during the twilight years of his European career before moving to Inter Miami.<\/p>\n
While all three members of the famous “MNM” trio have now moved on to new chapters \u2014 Mbappe to Real Madrid, Messi to MLS, and Neymar back to Santos \u2014 the mutual respect remains. Mbappe\u2019s comments highlight that beyond the trophies and the headlines, it is the technical mastery that truly defined Messi’s tenure in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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