Kylian Mbappé is certainly the best player in the world currently and, if the 2024-2025 season stopped now, he would probably be elected Ballon d'Or in front of Mohamed Salah. In the meantime, Real Madrid is still racing in the Champions League. Opposed in dams of the final phase in Manchester City, the men of Carlo Ancelotti validated their qualification in the round of 16 thanks to a second victory Wednesday evening, 3-1 in Bernabéu, after the 3-2 acquired at the Etihad Stadium. All thanks to their star attacker.
Already the author of the equalizing goal in the first leg, the captain of the Blues scored a remarkable hat -trick against the Cityzens. He is also the first to play a hat -trick against Pep Guardiola in the direct elimination phase of the C1. He lobé Ederson on the opening of the entrance score (4th), made a breathtaking technical sequence in the Mancunian surface on 2-0 (33rd) and concluded his festival with an unstoppable left strike (61st ). Worthy of the Mbappé “premium” of PSG!
Mbappé torches, Haaland on the bench
Back to the wall before this trip to the Spanish capital, Man City accepted his spell almost without flinching. It must be said that, in addition to the bench of a Kevin de Bruyne at the end of his career at the high level, Erling Haaland was visibly touched at one knee and remained on the sidelines! The Norwegian cyborg was not launched in the game… Omar Marmoush and Phil Foden had no opportunity to score in the surface of Thibaut Courtois. Worse, if John Stones and Abdukodir Khusanov suffered as never in front of Mbappé, Vinicius and Rodrygo, Captain Ruben Dias is clearly at fault on the first goal.
Real, if he has lost his leader's chair for the benefit of Barça in recent days, tackles his knockout stages full of finals against Atlético de Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen, in two weeks. The draw on Friday 12 noon will indeed give a derby against the Colchoneros of Antoine Griezmann or a shock against the team of Xabi Alonso, the announced successor of Ancelotti on the Madrid bench. May the show continue!
