What have been Mbappe and Hakimi doing whereas PSG was welcoming Messi with guard of honour?

Donning a hood and face masks, Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi efficiently walked round streets of New York and Times Square in disguise, with out anybody recognising them, in keeping with numerous media stories.

Paris Saint-Germain duo Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi have been noticed watching the Times Square leisure as they took off to the States and loved their post-World Cup break.

“A number of PSG players were granted “a few days off” by supervisor Christophe Galtier following Sunday’s disappointing 3-1 defeat to Lens, together with Hakimi and Mbappe.The 24-year-old ahead, who scored a hat-trick for France of their World Cup last defeat to Argentina final month, used his day off to go to New York along with his Moroccan teammate,” Sportbible reported.

On Monday night time, they attended an NBA sport between Brooklyn Nets and San Antonio Spurs, the place Mbappe “was given an incredible reception by fans.”

Footage of their walkabouts have been posted by photographer Elder Ordonez with Mbappe and Hakimi seen clapping to the road leisure. Mbappe, who had hit coaching straight after France’s loss within the last, and Hakimi got a couple of days off by PSG supervisor Christophe Galtier to recuperate from their World Cup exploits.

“Hakimi reached the semi-finals of this winter’s tournament with surprise package Morocco before being knocked out by France, while Mbappe played seven times for the 2018 world champions, scoring eight times. After their 3-1 defeat to Lens on Sunday – a game they both featured in – Galtier confirmed their break from first-team duties,” Sportbible famous.

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Messi landed in Paris and acquired a guard of honour within the interim. Galtier was reported as saying: “Hakimi and Mbappe will have a few days off. The plan was that they could play these two games. They will now recover.”

He was dismayed with the group’s efficiency: “I couldn’t recognise my team. We lacked cohesion. We left a lot of space, we made a lot of technical mistakes.” He nonetheless defended Mbappe’s efficiency saying, “Kylian made a lot of effort, even at 3-1 he showed a very good state of mind. Unfortunately, he did not manage to make the difference because in front, they defended well.” PSG lead Ligue 1 after 17 video games performed, 4 factors forward of second place Lens.

“They regrouped well in front of the surface, so there was less and less space. Facing low blocks and an opponent who has the advantage in the score, you need a lot of talent and technical accuracy.”