Kylian Mbappe, the new hero

The Telegraphより(7/15)
France win World Cup 2018 final in breathless six-goal thriller against Croatia

Truly, madly, deeply. We will miss this World Cup like no other. The day after Bastille Day France are champions and deservedly so. But only after the most remarkable, crazy and controversial encounter against a courageous Croatia in which there was a VAR storm, and an actual storm in the skies above Moscow, a first-ever own goal in a World Cup Final, a cool strike from a new global superstar, an horrific goalkeeping blunder by the man who lifted the trophy – and a Pussy Riot pitch invasion.
To secure its status as the best ever World Cup the tournament needed a memorable final. It got it. What a finale it was to this 31-day festival of football, as Gareth Southgate called it, and it was the highest-scoring final since England beat West Germany 4-2 in 1966. Well, they sang football’s coming home. At least the score was the same and while England and their fans will never stop dreaming of what might have been – just 22 minutes from the final, if anyone needed reminding – France have the 18-carat gold, 14-inch, 11lb trophy for the second time ever and the second time in 20 years.

 

Kylian Mbappe: The making of a global sensationKylian Mbappe pictured in 2012

Kylian Mbappe pictured in 2012
As the rest of his body flowed, that left arm extended and locked into position. It would jut out like a sail, hanging away from his torso, and whip across his chest with each stride.
Watch him now, five years later, and the kink is harder to spot. Those arms have become swollen with muscle, and the legs pump with such speed that you would…(stop)
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Pussy RiotメンバーとハイタッチIntruder high-fiving Mbappé
こちらも印象的!

Junko MasudaさんのFBより(Sept. 12、2018)

フランス🇫🇷語の綴りではBの前のンはNではなく、Mだと。それをMbappeの名前で覚えるんだ、と。でもエムバペではなく、ンバッペと呼んで下さいね。とーちゃん🐢人ですから。

[b]も[p]も口を閉じて発音。その直前には口を開けて発音する[n]でなく口を閉じて発音する[m]を置く。(次の音の準備)。number, remember, camp, jump・・・。rainbowはrainとbowの意味を崩さないため発音より意味重視!?(このセンテンスはJunkoさんのママ)