On Sunday night, Kylian Mbappé finally produced a decent performance during an outing with his new club Real Madrid. Before that, however, he had a lot of difficulty making his mark in this Merengue team. Is it because he wasn’t playing in his preferred position?
For Didier Deschamps, the boss of the Blues, this could be an explanation, because in his eyes the Bondynois is clearly not
“not a pivot attacker”. “Kylian will be required to have an axial position at Real Madrid. (…) In any case, all offensive players have always had significant freedom. It is necessarily compensation, balances to have. Kylian does not have the register of a pivot attacker”he stressed.
Deschamps not demanding with Mbappé
DD is very happy to have Mbappé back with a boost in morale, after his first two goals in the Spanish Liga. “I’m obviously happy for him. (…) There are very high expectations. There is an expectation that is there. Carlo Ancelotti was not worried, I was not worried either. He will join us with a smile. The France group is better when Kylian is there.”
In the national team, Mbappé has not performed particularly well in recent times. Deschamps, however, assures that he has no concerns about him. And he has no more concerns about Antoine Griezmann: “There are the attacking leaders, even if it doesn’t only concern the two of them, who were not at their best at the Euro…” He also asked not to have too many expectations of them: “I don’t think there are players who can be 100% today. (…) At best, they have had three matches. And short or even very short preparations.”
