Kylian Mbappé had undoubtedly imagined something else for his first Clasico with Real Madrid. His nice goal was disallowed in the first half, for an offside position (one of the eight times he was flagged in an illegal position!). In the second half, he could not prevent his team from sinking under the blows of FC Barcelona (0-4).
Mbappé, no excuses this time
This XXL setback is Kylian Mbappé’s heaviest defeat since… April 14, 2019, and a 5-1 conceded by Paris Saint-Germain in Lille. The context was not completely the same. At the time, PSG was well ahead of Ligue 1, but ended the season on a very bad note, after the slap they received in the Champions League against Manchester United.
Thomas Tuchel was then deprived of Neymar, Cavani and Di Maria, and PSG started in an improbable 3-4-3 with the pair Dani Alves-Julian Draxler in support of Mbappé. On Saturday evening, Real Madrid were almost complete, with a huge stake, which removes mitigating circumstances and makes this defeat in the Clasico perhaps even harsher.
