New dramatic evening for Kylian Mbappé with Real Madrid. THE Merengues lost against Athletic Club (2-1), during the 19th day of La Liga (advanced match because of the Super Cup, Editor’s note), this Wednesday. A meeting missed by the new penalty missed by the French international, a week after the one missed in Liverpool, in the Champions League. After the meeting, Carlo Ancelotti admitted the disappointment felt by his number 9, who nevertheless remains supportive.
“ On penalties, sometimes you score, sometimes you don’t. These are things that happen. I’m not going to judge his performance on a penalty. Mbappé is sad. We can’t boil down his performance to the fact that he missed a penalty. We need to give him time to adapt. He works hard. Overall, we fought well. We deserved a draw. We are improving. We are still in the title race. The penalty takers? Jude (Bellingham), Vinicius and Kylian. Any shooter is good », indicated the Italian coach in a post-match press conference. With this defeat, Real Madrid misses the opportunity to come back to within one point of FC Barcelona, at the top of the Spanish championship.
