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Achraf Hakimi is best right-back in world, says Kylian Mbappe

Updated on: 27 January,2022 07:33 AM IST  |  Paris
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The PSG right-back was his country's match-winner in their 2-1 Round of 16 victory against Malawi. Just as he did a week ago against Gabon (2-2), the Rouge-et-Bleu right-back scored a sublime free-kick, his sixth international goal, and earned himself the man of the match honours

Achraf Hakimi is best right-back in world, says Kylian Mbappe

Morocco's defender Achraf Hakimi celebrates their victory and qualification for next round at the end of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 round of 16 football match between Morocco and Malawi at Stade Ahmadou-Ahidjo in Yaounde. Pic/AFP

Kylian Mbappe was all praise for his Paris Saint-Germain teammate Achraf Hakimi after the latter's heroics helped Morocco in reaching the AFCON quarter-finals on Tuesday.


The PSG right-back was his country's match-winner in their 2-1 Round of 16 victory against Malawi. Just as he did a week ago against Gabon (2-2), the Rouge-et-Bleu right-back scored a sublime free-kick, his sixth international goal, and earned himself the man of the match honours.


"ACHRAF HAKIMI. BEST RB IN THE WORLD. GOOD NIGHT GUYS," Kylian Mbappe tweeted. To which Hakimi replied: "Je t'aime." In the quarter-final, former Paris Saint-Germain coach Vahid Halilhodzic and his team will face either Cote d'Ivoire or Egypt in Yaounde on Sunday.


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