Hat-trick star Kylian Mbappe levelled the Ligue 1 record for the fastest goal as he scored just after eight seconds in Lille to set Paris Saint-Germain for an incredible 7-1 victory on Sunday. PSG took their opponents by storm as just after kick-off, Mbappe burst ahead as the ball went to Lionel Messi.
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The Argentine maestro then sent out a pinpoint through ball over the Lille defence to find Kylian Mbappe, who took the Lille goalkeeper Leo Jardim by shock and smashed the ball in the back of the net with a half-volley finish to score his second league goal of the season. The Parisian number 7 also created a club record as he overtook Paul Le Guen, who had scored the quickest goal until then, with a goal scored after 13 seconds of play.
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After the game, PSG manager Christophe Galtier opened up about how the team worked on their opening goal and took a tactic from their youth team against Salzburg last season. He said, “The goal after 8 seconds? It was a move that we worked on, we found footage from different leagues, and even from our youth team in the Youth League who managed to score that kick-off against Salzburg last season.”
“We talked about it yesterday, we saw the footage, we practised it in training, obviously when it succeeds like that after 8 seconds, it's very satisfying. Congratulations to them, to my staff and to the players for having dared to try it and for having succeeded! It put us in the match, it hurt the opponent and afterwards when the team is serious like tonight, obviously, things are much easier”, he further added.