Real Madrid hosted Deportivo Alavés, on its legendary pitch at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, as part of the 7th day of La Liga. A match that the Merengues were able to dominate and control (3-2) to pocket three precious points in the race for the title. This victory allows the Casa Blanca to come back to within one point of the Blaugranas who will host Getafe this Wednesday evening. And for this match, Carlo Ancelotti lined up his magic quartet, Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinicius Jr and Mbappé, who once again started in the center forward position. A lack of rotation that did not go unnoticed with the Merengues’ overloaded schedule. This success has all the makings of a benchmark match for the Italian coach’s troops. Scrutinized since the start of the season for his every move, the spotlight was still on Kylian Mbappé. The Frenchman, who put in a good performance, will nevertheless have to undergo medical examinations to assess his hamstring pain.
Beyond the victory, there is a real positive sample to remember, on which Carlo Ancelotti will be able to rely in the coming weeks to consolidate his colossal tactical project with so much attacking talent: ” It’s very good, in attack, we’re doing very well. For an hour, the team played very well, looking for opportunities in different ways, in transitions, filtering passes… The team is improving, that suits us well, the schedule is very demanding. Sunday will also be very demanding “, declared the former PSG and AC Milan coach at a press conference. If victories quickly become a commonplace daily routine at Real Madrid, there were some doubts about Kylian Mbappé’s ability to integrate into the collective with Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior and Jude Bellingham.
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Kylian Mbappé scored and not from a penalty, ladies and gentlemen. This is indeed worth noting, given the many criticisms surrounding the French striker who struggled to be, regularly in a match, efficient and realistic in front of goal. Against Alavés, it did not take many chances for the former Paris Saint-Germain player to be decisive. On a central breakthrough, Jude Bellingham found Vinícius Júnior in the middle in front of the area. The Brazilian shifted Kylian Mbappé to the left whose low cross shot deceived Antonio Sivera. The Frenchman was nevertheless flagged offside and the goal was disallowed (22nd). This is what nevertheless gave the captain of the Blues confidence since less than 20 minutes later, Kylian Mbappé, who was served by Federico Valverde, played a wonderful one-two with Jude Bellingham in support to find himself in the area, erasing Moussa Diarra before adjusting Antonio Sivera (40th).
A great collective action that shows the oiled connection between Kylian Mbappé and the other executives of the team, notably Jude Bellingham: ” Jude is growing, he helped Mbappé, he had a very complete match. He has to get used to the pitch a little more, like last year “. And among the players who have scored the most goals after their first 7 games with the Real Madrid jersey in La Liga in the 21st century, the Bondynois is in third place on the podium with five goals behind his teammate Jude Bellingham (6 goals) and the legend Cristiano Ronaldo (6 goals). For those who were worried, Kylian Mbappé is in good shape and has thus finished a fifth consecutive game having found the back of the net, now displaying a score of six goals and an assist in all competitions. This new great performance allows him to return to equal Erling Haaland in the race for the best scorer with a club from the European Top 5 in official competition in 2024.
