Fact Check: Doctored video shows Kylian Mbappe playing soccer with a robot

A video of a French footballer, Kylian Mbappe, passing a football to a robot who scores the goal is viral on social media.

An X user shared the video with the caption, “How real is this? Mbappe Training with a robot.”

Several X and Facebook users have shared the video. (Click here, here and here to see the posts.)

Fact Check

NewsMeter found that the video had been doctored.

On minutely observing the video, we found that the video was digitally manipulated by adding the robot. At 0.01 seconds, Mbappe passes the football to another player; however, the video at 0.02 seconds shows a Robot scoring the goal.

Next, we ran a keyword search and found the original video uploaded by a verified YouTube channel, OussiFooty, on June 5, 2022, titled “Mbappé's reaction says it all.” It shows a human scoring the goal after receiving a pass from Mbappe.

Here is the comparison of one of the frames from the doctored and original video.

Hence, we conclude that the viral video has been doctored by digitally adding a robot in place of a human.