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Kylian Mbappe has been savaged by L'Equipe in their notorious ratings after his PSG side were dumped out of the Champions League by Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals.
Mbappe is regarded as one of the best players in world football but he was helpless as a brilliant Dortmund side built on their 1-0 first leg lead - producing the same scoreline in Paris in an impressive performance.
Mats Hummels' second half goal was enough to secure a 2-0 win on aggregate to put the unfancied German side in the final at Wembley on June 1, where they will either face Real Madrid or Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich.
Mbappe did come close to getting on the scoresheet late on in the game as his strike hit the crossbar - the third occasion of the evening that Luis Enrique's men struck the woodwork - as they were made to rue their poor finishing.
And L'Equipe - the French newspaper who dishes out infamously brutal verdicts on each player's performance - didn't let PSG off the hook as they circled around Mbappe for failing to produce the goods.
Kylian Mbappe led the PSG stars being savaged by L'Equipe in their notorious ratings after they were dumped out of the Champions League by Dortmund
The forward was handed just a two out of ten as they declared that what was likely his last Champions League game with PSG ended up turning into a 'nightmare' - declaring he was 'technically fragile' and dominated by Hummels.
'His last match with Paris in [the Champions League] looked like a nightmare,' it said. 'Installed on the left side, the attacker was, for a long time, infinitely technically fragile. Dominated in the duel by Hummels, he almost never went one-on-one.
'He missed his shot from close range [36th minute] and
