LISBON: Paris St Germain striker Kylian Mbappe says he wants to make history for France by winning the country’s first Champions League title in 27 years in tonight’s final against Bayern Munich.
PSG beat Atalanta and RB Leipzig in the “final eight” in Lisbon, and Mbappe is feeling relaxed about the test against Bayern and the significance for French football.
“This is exactly why I came here,” he told reporters yesterday. “I have always said that I wanted to make history for my country. This is a chance. When I arrived in 2017, we experienced several disappointments. Today, we are in the final and that shows that we have not given up.
“It would be a great reward to win with a French club. It was my mission when I came. Winning would be incredible, it would be an achievement for a French club,” Mbappe added.
The last time a French team won Europe’s premier club competition was in 1993 when Olympique Marseille beat AC Milan 1-0.
Although only 21, Mbappe has already made himself a major part of French football history by winning the World Cup two years ago and he has compared the mood in the PSG squad to that of Didier Deschamp’s side in Russia.
Although the final will take place at the Estadio da Luz without fans, Mbappe says the atmosphere remains special.
Meanwhile, Bayern’s central defender Jerome Boateng faces a late fitness test but coach Hansi Flick said whatever the line-up he does not plan to radically change his team’s tactics.
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