Mbappe Becomes Youngest Player to Reach 100 Champions League Games

The Frenchman achieved the landmark aged 27 years and 298 days, making him the fifth player from France to record a century of Champions League matches. He reached the total on Wednesday at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, where Real Madrid played Roma.

Mbappe scored the equaliser to make it 1-1 before Los Blancos secured a 4-3 victory in the Italian capital. Lionel Messi had previously held the age record, having played his 100th Champions League game against Roma on September 16, 2015, when he was 28 years and 84 days old.

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