Revealed: How Kylian Mbappe could join an exclusive club – including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi – TONIGHT when PSG meet Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League
- Kylian Mbappé is on the verge of achieving a feat that few others have managed
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Kylian Mbappé will have the chance to join an immortal group of footballers tonight.
Paris Saint-Germain could take a big step towards their second Champions League final when they play Borussia Dortmund in Germany at 8pm.
Mbappe has scored 43 goals and 10 assists this season and if he can inspire PSG to a Treble it will strengthen the calls for him to be awarded a Ballon d’Or.
Triumph in Europe would mark a poignant end to his time in Paris before he boards a bus and travels to Real Madrid in the summer.
While all those grand dreams will have to wait, there is something he can achieve tonight.
Kylian Mbappe could join an exclusive club when PSG travel to Borussia Dortmund tonight
If he scores twice, he will become the eleventh player in Champions League history to score fifty goals
If Mbappé scores twice, he will become the eleventh player to score fifty goals in the Champions League.
It would also make him the third-fastest player to reach this milestone.
Ruud van Nistelrooy did it in 62 and Lionel Messi in 66, and Mbappe would deserve some celebratory croissants if he pulls it off in 72.
Who else has scored 50 or more times in the Champions League?
Well, Cristiano Ronaldo is breathing clean air at the front with 141, while Messi lags behind at 129.
In 2013/14, Ronaldo struck 17 times – just two goals away from being in the top 100 goalscorers, regardless of his other seasons.
The next man up is Robert Lewandowski at 94, underscoring how dominant and consistent the two best players of this century have been.
Just behind Lewandowski is Karim Benzema at 90, with Raul at 71 and Van Nistelrooy at 60.
Cristiano Ronaldo tops the Champions League scoring charts with 141 goals
Lionel Messi scored 129 goals in the Champions League as a Barcelona player
Mbappé could realistically surpass a number of players next season: Andriy Shevchenko is at 59, Thomas Müller at 54 and Thierry Henry at 51.
If Mbappé scores twice tonight, he will reach the level of Filippo Inzaghe – honorable company in a tribe of elites.
While PSG are known to collapse on the big stage, they have stepped up this campaign.
A 4-1 win over Barcelona in April sparked a dramatic comeback – some payback for what Barca did to them in 2017 – and Mbappé was at the forefront of the revival, scoring twice.
