Real Madrid is smiling again. Four days after its defeat against Liverpool in the Champions League (2-0), the Merengue club indeed won against Getafe in La Liga. Combined with FC Barcelona’s defeat the day before against Las Palmas, this victory allows the Merengue club to come back one step behind the Catalan rival at the top of the La Liga standings.
And the Madrilenians were able to savor their afternoon at Santiago Bernabeu all the more as Kylian Mbappé scored and delivered a solid performance despite a lack of success in the second half. Like last weekend against Leganes, the former Parisian was named man of the match. However, Frédéric Antonetti does not consider the former Parisian out of the woods after his (very) bad patch.
Kylian Mbappé, the evil is deep
“I’m not surprised he was good against Getafe, it’s in big matches that you have to be good. Against Getafe, we saw his qualities. In big matches, we don’t see him performing well, he confided on the Canal Football Club set, also believing that his difficulties are not recent. Having followed Mbappé for a long time, for me since March 2022 (and the match against Real) he has never found his level. »
And the Corsican technician lists the reasons for this ongoing crisis. “Less effort, investment and intensity. More episodes. His trial…,
he continued, pointing out Didier Deschamps’ attitude towards him this fall. Deschamps didn’t do him any favors by giving him the armband either, because he was at his lowest point at the time. The players have to question themselves, and for that you have to tickle them a little. »
