Contributing an assist in the win over Chile (3-2), striker Kylian Mbappe had a total of 27 times setting up goals for his teammates in the French national team.
In the friendly match at the VelodromeΒ , Marcelino Nunez opened the score for Chile in the 6th minute. But then the home team showed strong efforts to score 3 consecutive goals from Youssou Fofana, Kolo Muani and Olivier Giroud. . Fofana’s long-range shot to equalize 1-1 came from Mbappe’s pass.
That was Mbappe’s 27th assist in the French national team. Thereby, the 25-year-old star surpassed the achievement of legendary Zinedine Zidane who had 26 assists for Les Bleus.
In the list of the best passers of the French national team, Mbappe with 27 assists has now caught up with Thiery Henry (27) and is only 3 behind record holder Antoine Griezmann (30 assists).
Mbappe shined with an assist in the match against Chile
But the day when Mbappe breaks Griezmann’s record is certainly not far away. The gap between the two stars of the French national team is only 3 assists while Mbappe’s international career is still very long, and Griezmann is in his twilight period.
In addition to Mbappe, Olivier Giroud also reached an impressive milestone in the win over Chile. With his goal against South American opponents, Giroud equaled Zidane’s record of 13 consecutive years of scoring for France.
When he was still playing, Zidane scored goals for 13 consecutive years for France, from 1994 to 2006. Giroud also had a similar achievement with 13 consecutive years of goals, from 2012 to 2024.
Giroud is currently the greatest goalscorer of the blue team with 56 goals in 130 matches. The only player capable of catching Giroud’s record is Mbappe, who has 46 goals in 76 matches.
