Digitally Altered Video Passed Off as Kylian Mbappe Playing With a Robot

We found that the viral video has been digitally altered to replace the human with a robot.

Fact-Check| The video has been digitally altered to add the robot.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video which shows footballer Kylian Mbappe passing football to a robot who eventually scores a goal is being shared on the internet as a real incident.

What have users said?: People have shared the video with a caption that said, "How real is this? Mbappe training with a robot."

An archive of the post can be found here.

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The video had garnered around 26,000 views at the time of writing this report.

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Are these claims true?: No, the video has been digitally altered to add a robot instead of a human. The original one which could be traced back to at least June 2022 shows Mbappe passing the ball to a human who then scores the goal.

How did we find out?: A closer look showed the exact moment when the robot was added on instead of the human in the video.

One can see a human receiving the ball passed by Mbappe.

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• Further, we performed a keyword search on YouTube with the words "Mbappe reaction goal".

• This led us to a similar video uploaded on a channel called 'OussiFooty'.

• The video was uploaded on 5 June 2022 and was titled, "Mbappé's reaction says it all."

Comparing both the videos: On comparing visuals from both the videos, we found that the viral one has been edited to add the robot instead of the human.

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A comparison clearly highlights the similarities.

A comparison clearly highlights the similarities.

A comparison clearly highlights the similarities.

Conclusion: It is clear that the video that shows footballer Mbappe playing with a robot is digitally altered and is being shared with a false claim.

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