It was a great opportunity to silence the critics… Certainly, last weekend, Kylian Mbappé scored against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabéu (without having a superb match), but it’s in the big events that the Bondynois is expected. And we know that the annual trip to San Mamés is always one of the most complicated meetings of the season for Real Madrid, especially against a very strong Athletic this season. As against AC Milan, against FC Barcelona or against Liverpool, Kylian Mbappé was not up to standard and even missed another penalty.
Rather benevolent during the Frenchman’s somewhat complicated first weeks, the press in the Spanish capital has lost patience for a while and is still delivering heavy criticism this morning. “ The Mbappé that Real Madrid thought they had recruited would have already scored 30 goals, but this Mbappé achieves nothing “, explain Marca in one of his many post-match articles. “ It’s hard to explain how a player capable of scoring three penalties against Argentina in the World Cup final is now shooting with so much doubt », Adds the media in another article. In a highly charged opinion column, the former PSG player is not spared: “ in elite football, we don’t remember a collapse like that of Mbappé at Real Madrid. A turkey, on Thanksgiving Day, has more confidence than Kylian Mbappé. (…) He doesn’t dribble past anyone, he can’t find his place. There is no way to see even crumbs of the PSG version of Mbappé. »
The Madrid media no longer mince their words
The other big pro-Madrid newspaper, A.S.also delivers terrible analyzes for the international tricolor. “ The start of the Mbappé era at Real Madrid is an endless cycle: offside goals, obvious chances that end on the opposing goalkeeper and even one of his weapons, penalties, goes off the rails », Explains the media, adding that he was the Real Madrid starting player who touched the fewest balls yesterday in Bilbao (44 interventions). “ Mbappé, it’s starting to become a horror film. After an hour in turmoil in San Mamés, without offering anything, the match gave him an opportunity to rebuild himself like in Liverpool, but he missed again “, we read in another article from the media.
“ Mbappé’s match is lamentable. And not just because of the penalty. He could have missed and had a good match. (…) But his level was even below that of his team, which is already difficult. He can’t get there on the left, in the axis, anywhere », said the star journalist of the Cadena SER Manu Carreno. “ His match is marked by impotence. It’s a fairy tale to imagine him doing the dry cleaning. The way he takes the penalty is that of a player who shits himself, but who has an obligation to take it », Launched his colleague Antonio Romero. And we could still write a book with all the criticisms that fall on the Frenchman, there are so many of them…
