After a 2-1 defeat on the Athletic pitch in midweek, Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé had things to prove on Saturday evening, on the Girona pitch. Against the Catalans, the Merengues showed a very serious face, winning with a score of 3-0 while being generally much superior to their evening rival. A meeting during which Mbappé shook the nets, scoring his team’s third goal.
Enough to convince the Madrid press? Not really… Indeed, this Sunday, the analyzes and comments on the Frenchman’s performance are logically a little more benevolent than the day after previous meetings. But he is not praised for all that. Above all, he suffers enormously from this comparison with Jude Bellingham, who was still the leader of the team.
Bellingham, in front of Mbappé
“The key to the match yesterday was to find the best player of recent weeks. And it’s not Mbappé. It’s Bellingham”indicates for example the daily Marca. For the Iberian media, there is no doubt: in the absence of Vinicius Jr, it is the Englishman who is assuming the role of offensive leader. “Jude, you don’t know how much we madridistas love you. You are, with Vinicius Jr, the best transfer of the last decade”we can read on the side of the newspaper A.S..
“Without Vinicius Jr, and waiting to see the real Mbappé, Bellingham stepped up to the plate when his teammates needed it most”explain Relevo. “Bellingham is becoming more and more captain. (…) And Mbappé, contrary to what Florentino Pérez would have liked, arrived with a more discreet profile than was expected”adds the media in another paper. It’s not all negative either, since his goal could be a trigger according to the press in the Spanish capital. “This goal must serve to restore his morale”thus indicates A.S. in another article. Mbappé knows what he has to do…
