Kylian Mbappe is considered one of the leading candidates to take over world soccer once the era of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fully comes to a close. The French forward is showing he is capable of doing so with standout performances for Real Madrid, most recently scoring a hat-trick in a 5-0 away victory over Kairat in the UEFA Champions League.

This marked Mbappe’s third career Champions League hat-trick on the road, having previously scored two with Paris Saint-Germain. The first came in a 5-0 win over Club Brugge in 2019, followed by a 4-1 triumph against Messi’s Barcelona in 2021.

By comparison, Messi and Ronaldo each registered two Champions League away hat-tricks in their careers. Messi did so with Barcelona in a 4-0 win over Viktoria Plzen in 2011 and another 4-0 victory

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