Mbappe scores FIVE in 7-0 win over non-league side whose captain is PSG Ultra who questioned whether to tackle Frenchman
KYLIAN MBAPPE scored FIVE goals in a 7-0 win against sixth tier French minnows Pays de Cassel, whose captain is a Paris Saint-Germain ultra and feared injuring the France star.
Pays de Cassel, an amateur side from a village in French Flanders, near the Belgian border, reached the last 32 of the French cup with wins over Chaumon, Drancy and Wasquehal.
Club captain Alexis Zmijak was the man who secured his team a date with the dominant French champions, scoring the winner in the last round.
But incredibly, Zmijak is a PSG ultra and regularly cheers on Christophe Galtier’s side at the Parc des Princes.
And he has revealed that he was petrified to tackle PSG star man Mbappe in case he injured the 23-year-old ahead of the club’s Champions League last-16 tie with Bayern Munich next month.
He told Le Parisien: “If Mbappe goes through on goal, do I tackle him or not?
“Do I say to myself: ‘Wait, he has to play Bayern Munich in the Champions League soon’. I have no stress before this game.
“We have nothing to lose, it’s the meeting of a lifetime for us. And for me, personally, it’s great to find myself in this situation.
“I joined the CUP (Collectif Ultras Parisiens) two years ago. I wanted to be among the ultras, because for me, football is lived with passion.
“I want to go all out, not just watch the game. When I go to the Parc, it’s not to go to the presidential gallery.”
Zmijak started at the back for Pays de Cassel – but was unable to lead his team in halting Mbappe and Co’s assault on goal at Stade Bollaert, home of second-placed RC Lens.
Mbappe, who captained PSG for the first time, netted a first half hat-trick.
Neymar also got in on the act, helping send the Parisians in at the break 4-0 up.
Mbappe also handed Zmijak his shirt at half-time.
PSG added three more goals in the second half to run out 7-0 winners.
Mbappe grabbed another two – a goal shy of a double hat-trick – and Carlos Soler got the other.