‘It’s a query of mentality’ – Bradley Barcola on being Ligue 1’s high scorer

There was a really apparent void left by the departure of Kylian Mbappé (25) from Paris Saint-Germain over the summer season, however for now, it seems to have been crammed by Bradley Barcola (22) who has taken up the goalscoring mantle from his fellow countryman. 

The younger Frenchman has scored eight objectives in ten Ligue 1 video games for PSG this season already double the whole he registered throughout the whole 2023/24 marketing campaign. It has left Barcola as the present high scorer within the French league beating Jonathan David (24) and Mason Greenwood (23) who each have scored seven to this point this season. 

In an interview with , Barcolas was questioned on what the distinction has been between this marketing campaign and the final, and why he has develop into such an efficient presence in entrance of objective. Barcola defined, “[Last season] I used to be extra within the position of a hard-hitting winger, I didn’t have that killer facet. [Luis Enrique] was the primary to criticise me for it. He at all times instructed  me what I used to be doing was excellent, however he jogged my memory that in the beginning a striker and what you ask of a striker is to attain.” 

Bradley Barcola: ‘Final 12 months… I actually didn’t have many pictures.’

The previous Olympique Lyonnais attacker continued, “At first of the season, I actually obtained it into my head that I needed to be a objective scorer, extra decisive. It’s largely a query of mentality. It requires being extra targeted, having this need to attain and make others rating.” Barcola additionally added that he was capturing greater than final season, “Final 12 months I used to be proven a statistic, I actually didn’t have many pictures. I labored so much on ending. I instructed myself as quickly as I had the ball to shoot, I needed to take duty. And that’s what I’m doing.” 

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