Real Madrid is already faltering. Yes, yes, from the first weekend of La Liga! Four days after his official debut with the Merengues, during the European Super Cup won against Atalanta (2-0), for a first goal with his new club, Kylian Mbappé did not score in the championship, Sunday in Mallorca. Worse, the Merengues only took one point (1-1) and the captain of the French team is at fault for the equalizing goal of the Balearic team scored by Vedat Muriqi (53rd)! Rodrygo had opened the scoring at the start of the match with a beautiful curling shot (13th).
The goal conceded by Real is absolutely ridiculous. Carlo Ancelotti’s staff actually asked the new “number 9” of the Casa Blanca to defend on corners. Only Vinicius was allowed to be outside Thibaut Courtois’ penalty area. But Mbappé was tasked with marking Muriqi, the scorer of the Majorcan team, known for being an excellent header. A total heresy when you know the desire to defend of the “Kyks” and his non-existent header. In the 75th, 20 minutes after Muriqi’s goal, Mbappé was again in contact with the Kosovar and let him go. Catastrophic on all levels!
Mbappé falls on Rajkovic’s replacement
The debates surrounding Mbappé’s debut will thus set Spanish football alight in the coming days. Rather on form at the start of the match with one or two bursts of speed, the top scorer in PSG’s history, who therefore started at the forefront of a 4-3-3, quickly lost his lucidity. He also bothered Vinicius on the left and, above all, was unable to convert his few opportunities by hitting twice at the opposing goalkeeper, Dominik Greif. This Slovakian goalkeeper was until then the replacement for the former Reims player Predrag Rajkovic, who recently left for Al-Ittihad.
The end of the game did not allow Real to snatch the three points. Aurélien Tchouameni gave way to Luka Modric at the hour mark, then it was Vinicius and Jude Bellingham who were replaced by their coach as injury time approached (88th). Mbappé remained on the pitch until the end. And Ferland Mendy was sent off for a big foul at the very end of the match (97th). Real will have to do much better next week against Valladolid (Sunday at 5pm). And Mbappé already has to respond to the criticism.
