Losing a Clasico, even a friendly, is always hard to swallow. It is no coincidence that this morning the Catalan press is puffing out its chest, being also aware that during the season, the situation risks being very different. On both sides, we had reshuffled teams, but it was the opportunity to see some new faces like Endrick on the Merengue side or Pau Victor for the Blaugranas.
If there is one man we would have liked to see, especially on the Madrid side, it is Kylian Mbappé, of course. Still resting after his participation in the Euro with France, he should make his debut on August 14, in the European Super Cup against Atalanta. The Madrid press is almost only talking about him after this Clasico. “Mbappé is very focused and wants to join his new partners. He watches the matches despite the schedule”thus indicates Brandwhich explains that the Bondynois did not miss a crumb of the match.
Mbappé all over the media
He had also published a message of encouragement on his social networks before the match, which was picked up everywhere by the Spanish media. According to Central Defensehe even spoke in the team’s discussion group, in order to remove the importance of this defeat and put things into perspective a little. Thus assuming his future role as Merengue’s offensive leader.
“The club does not give much importance to this defeat, especially because Mbappé was missing”noted Planet Real Madrid. The pro-Madrid media know that with the Bondynois, things will be different. They also took the opportunity to question Carlo Ancelotti about him after the match. “He can be a starter in the European Super Cup. He is ready”launched Carlo Ancelotti, while the player is already following a physical preparation on his side while waiting to officially join the group. In 10 days, we should therefore see Mbappé make his debut in the merengue jersey…
