Dortmund bring down curtain on Kylian Mbappé’s lost years at PSG

What was the point of such a spectacular player spending seven seasons of his prime playing for Paris Saint-Germain?
ALL OVER: PSG's Kylian Mbapp during the Champions League semifinal. Pic: AP, Christophe Ena.

ALL OVER: PSG's Kylian Mbapp during the Champions League semifinal. Pic: AP, Christophe Ena.

Farewell then, project superstar. By the end of this Champions League semi-final second leg it seemed oddly fitting that the final act across 180 minutes should be Kylian Mbappé falling over his own feet.

Mbappé was through on goal at the time, the most beautifully balanced footballer on the planet haring away from a clutch of yellow shirts in emergency battery mode, then slipping over on the Parc des Princes turf just as the final whistle was blown.

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