Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid: when Nîmes Olympique finds itself on the video which traces the player's career

Kylian Mbappé lors de sa dernière apparition au stade des Costières le 17 octobre 2020. Il avait signé un doublé. Midi Libre – Archive Alexis Bethune

Real Madrid published on social networks this Monday, June 3, after having made official the arrival of the French striker Kylian Mbappé, a video which retraces his journey and passes by… the Costières stadium!

This Monday, June 3, Real Madrid, which has just won a new Champions League, made official the signing of the French team striker, soon to be ex-player of Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappé. The end of a long saga.

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For football fans, the Madrid club has chosen to retrace the career of the French striker in a video of almost 4 minutes. And what was the surprise for the Nîmes public to discover, just after the equalizing goal in the World Cup final against Argentina, after 1 minute 43 seconds of viewing, a Nîmes Olympique match against PSG at the Costières stadium on October 16, 2020!

#WelcomeMbappé pic.twitter.com/kAhxdEjnLA

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) June 3, 2024

A bad memory with a 4-0 defeat. A meeting, which at the time of Covid, took place in front of a little more than 5 000 spectators. A match which will remain as Mbappé's last on the Costières lawn since that season Nîmes would go down to Ligue 2.

A double that evening

This evening of October 16, 2020,  Mbappé opened the scoring. Launched in depth by Rafinha, he lost company to the Nîmes rearguard before hooking the crocodile goalkeeper Reynet who came to meet him and finishing in a masterly manner. That evening, a rare occurrence, the Parisian striker came out six minutes from the end, applauded by part of the Nîmes public.

This goal against Nîmes Ol. appears in this video seen this Monday evening, at 9:30 p.m., seven million times.