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Footage resurfaces of Kylian Mbappe refusing to let Angel di Maria take a penalty for a hat-trick

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Updated 10:51 17 Aug 2022 GMT+1Published 10:16 17 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Footage resurfaces of Kylian Mbappe refusing to let Angel di Maria take a penalty for a hat-trick

Kylian Mbappe's attitude has come into question of late and his refusal to give Angel di Maria a penalty in 2019 has been doing the rounds.

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Kylian Mbappe's refusal to let Angel di Maria take a penalty for Paris Saint-Germain has emerged after his recent behaviour on the pitch.

In a Le Classique game against Marseille in March 2019, PSG were winning 3-1 courtesy of goals from both Mbappe and Di Maria (2).

Mbappe had opened the scoring and then after Valere Germain had levelled matters, Di Maria came up clutch with two goals inside 11 minutes.

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For the second, the Argentine curled in a beautiful free-kick from around 30 yards out. Mbappe won a penalty with some trickery in the area and Di Maria expressed a lot of interest in taking it.

He was seen in conversation with his teammate, clearly hoping for the chance to complete a stunning hat-trick. Mbappe was not having it and wanted to add to his tally in the game.

The Frenchman then stepped up from 12 yards but saw his effort saved by Yohann Pele, who had been subbed on in goal after captain Steve Mandanda was sent off for handling outside his box.

Mbappe scored and also missed a spot-kick in PSG's 5-2 win over Montpellier on Saturday. After his miss, the former Monaco man wanted the chance to redeem himself when the Ligue One champions were awarded a second penalty.

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

Accidentally bumping into Lionel Messi as he went over to Neymar, Mbappe, who signed a new lucrative PSG contract in the summer, was denied the opportunity and looked absolutely livid.

Neymar did score his penalty and Mbappe was on the scoresheet later in the second half. However, he hit headlines for completely turning his back on the play in a petulant act after Vitinha didn't pass to him during a counter attack.

Neymar appeared to 'like' a number of 'anti-Mbappe' posts on Twitter and there were reports the two had to be separated in the dressing room after the win.


In a bid to resolve the issue, L'Equipe say manager Christophe Galtier and sporting director Luis Campos will sit down with both players.

Featured Image Credit: Image: Twitter

Topics: Kylian Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar, Angel Di Maria

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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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