They stand shoulder to shoulder when facing the best teams in Europe – playing week in, week out as teammates in the devastating lineup of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). They hang out off the pitch. And they’ve even gone on holiday together.
But all that will change when the whistle blows in Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday night. For at least 90 minutes, France’s Kylian Mbappe and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi will be arch-foes, hell-bent on beating the other for a place in the World Cup final.
