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 It is interesting to compare ''coverage'' of Mbappé’s performance — ''breathless'' — with that of Argentine defender Nicolás Otamendi’s — ''qualified''.
-The common consensus: Otamendi had a solid game, but made one big mistake, giving away the penalty that brought France back into the game. Mbappé, on the other hand was more or less invisible for 80 minutes, but sparked to life ten minutes from the end, scoring a hat-trick to take the match to penalties.
+The common consensus: Otamendi had a solid game, but made one big mistake, giving away the penalty that brought France back into the game. Mbappé, on the other hand was more or less invisible for 80 minutes, but sparked to life ten minutes from the end, scoring a hat-trick to take the match to penalties which, despite another Mbappé penalty, France then lost.
-Yet Otamendi’s rating were around 5; Mbappé’s between 9 and 10. That two of Mbappé’s three goals were penalties did not dim the papers’ appreciation, and has already dropped out of Wikipiedia’s executive summary. The fact that the Argentine defence so dominated France that half of its forward line was replaced before half-time seems not to have helped Otamendi.
+Yet Otamendi’s sports journalist-assigned ratings averaged about 5/10; Mbappé’s about 9.5. That two of Mbappé’s three goals were penalties — in top-flight professional football the taker scores about 85% of all penalties, so you’d expect a taker to score two 72% of the time, and three 61% of the time: Mbappé was odds on to score those penaties. <ref>https://sqaf.club/what-percentage-of-penalties-are-scored-stats/</ref> — did not dim the papers’ appreciation, and has already dropped out of Wikipiedia’s executive summary. The fact that the Argentine defence so dominated France that half of its forward line was replaced before half-time — nor that Argentina eventually won — seems not to have helped Otamendi.
 Interesting note: despite the widespread use of “Enhanced Football Intelligence” — every player in the tournament was GPS tracked and data exists for number, location and success rate of passes, tackles and touch rates — not one of the media ratings made reference to it.