Kylian Mbappe may be one of the fastest players in football but 3D simulation shows Usain Bolt would DESTROY the PSG star in a race

Kylian Mbappe’s blistering pace was on show once again as PSG beat Real Sociedad to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League and it sparked a conversation on X.

Mbappe gave his side an early lead in Tuesday’s second leg in Spain before netting another when he beat the offside trap and race clear to finish.

The speed of the Frenchman was such that it led to comparisons with professional sprinters once again.

BBC Sport’s official X account gave their input but it didn’t get quite the response that they might have been expecting.

‘Kylian Mbappe has clocked an estimated speed of 10.9 seconds over 100m’, the post read. ‘That’s just over a second slower than Usain Bolt’s world record.’

Bolt (R) quickly establishes a massive gap and goes on to win the virtual race with ease 

The post was quickly met with ridicule as X users pointed out that this is in fact a massive gap in the sprinting world. 

They also noted that Mbappe was not starting from a fixed start and his time was still more in line with female sprinters.

And there is in fact a 3D simulation which shows exactly how large the gap is between Mbappe and Bolt. 

Mbappe’s 100m time has never been recorded on a track but YouTube channel Speed Showdown has calculated a time based on his fastest ever recorded speed of 23.6mph [38km/h].

Mbappe’s showed off his blistering pace as he scored his second goal against Sociedad 

Mbappe may be quick for a footballer but he would be no match for Bolt in his prime 

A video of a virtual race between the two gives viewers a variety of angles, including a POV from Mbappe, who is quickly overtaken and left trailing in Bolt’s wake.

Bolt won eight Olympic gold medals and holds the world records for both 100m and 200m.