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Mbappé was mostly invisible until ten minutes from the end, when he came to life, scoring an impressive goal and converting two penalties to make the first world cup final hat trick since 1966.
Mbappé was mostly invisible until ten minutes from the end, when he came to life, scoring an impressive goal and converting two penalties to make the first world cup final hat trick since 1966.


Otamendi’s averaged rating around 5; Mbappé’s almost a perfect ten.
Yet Otamendi’s average rating was around 5; Mbappé’s almost a perfect ten.
 
The point here is not to challenge these ratings, but note how much harder it is to be a defender then an attacker. You can shut the brightest star in football’s firmament out of a world bio final for 80 minutes and get 4; you can ''be'' shut out for that time and get a ten.