Football: Kylian Mbappé and Marie-Antoinette Katoto Elected Best Players of season

Unsurprisingly, the PSG star striker won the UNFP trophy, before revealing that he had “almost” decided if he remained at the Parisian club or if he was leaving.

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Kylian Mbappé, the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker-star (PSG), was elected for the third time best Ligue 1 player of the season, Sunday, May 15, during the UNFP trophies. This is the sixth time in a row that a PSG player has won the title, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2016), Edinson Cavani (2017), Neymar (2018) and Mbappé (2019, 2021). Due to the pandemic there had been no trophies in 2020.

The French assured that he had “almost” decided if he remained in Paris or if he was leaving, but he did not reveal his choice, after having received his distinction. “Yes, yes almost,” he replied when the question was asked.

The suspense to find out if he remains or if he leaves – in this case probably towards Real Madrid, “it’s almost finished,” added the player, whose contract with PSG is expired in June .

Best scorer (twenty-five goals) and best balloon distributor on the attack front (seventeen assists) in Ligue 1, “Kyky” (23) flew over the season and helped PSG to Conquer his tenth title of champion of France, thus equaling the record of AS Saint-Etienne. Winner of the League of Nations with the French team, Mbappé failed in the Champions League, but he had scored the two goals of PSG against Real Madrid during the round of 16 (1-0/1-3) of the Competition.

Marie-Antoinette Katoto Best Casseuse

 the Parisian attacker Marie-Antoinette Katoto during the match between Yzeure and PSG, May 15, 2022, in Dijon. The Parisian attacker Marie-Antoinette Katototo during the match between Yzeure and PSG, May 15, 2022, in Dijon. Jeff Pacoud/AFP

on the feminine side, it is the attacker of PSG and the French female team Marie-Antoinette Katoto was elected for the first time better player in the season. 23 years old, the best division 1 rider (eighteen achievements) succeeds the prize list of his teammate Kadidiatou Diani.

Marie-Antoinette Katototo was not on the TV set of the Gabriel Pavilion which welcomed this Sunday the 30 e edition of the UNFP trophies, to receive her prize because she was playing and won the final of The French Cup in Dijon, against Yzeure (8-0), where it signed a triplet.

The PSG attacker was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Champions League by Olympique Lyonnais (OL, 2-3/1-2); His team is also distant by OL in the race for the title of champion.

With the French team (twenty-eight selections, twenty-four goals), it is among the favorites of Euro 2022 which will take place in England. Trained at PSG, Marie-Antoinette Katoto had been champion of France in 2021 and she won two French cups (in 2018 and 2022).

/Media reports.