His performance against Atlético de Madrid, who came to punctuate a series of three games without scoring, had earned strong criticism in Kylian Mbappé. Nonexistent against the Madrid neighbor, the Bondynois had thus taken an avalanche of criticism in the Madrid media, despite the 2-1 victory of the stable led by Carlo Ancelotti. Faced with Rayo Vallecano this weekend, in La Liga, the Frenchman has regained his way, and his team was still imposed on the score of 2-1. Enough to calm criticism?
Not really. On the contrary, even. And it is not only its sporting level which is called into question by the supporters and by part of the Spanish media. Indeed, body language and the attitude of French are problematic for some. “I am irritated by the celebration he has today after his goal. Mbappé's body language is somewhat embittered, and it was not like that before. We must ask ourselves why it has changed ”for example launched the journalist Pablo Lopez from Radio Marca.
The comparison with Vinicius Jr hurts
“Mbappé, all of a sudden, stopped smiling”can we read in an article of Marca. And there too, the comparison with Vinicius JR is inevitable, while the press also explains that the relationship between the two men is far from ideal. It is not necessarily the level displayed by everyone since the Brazilian is far from being at the top today, but especially the attitude of the two. “Vinicius does a lot more than Mbappé, if you count the actions on the left wing, maybe he made 30, and Mbappé did 10 and out of the 10, he did 8. So people are not going to whistle Vinicius because he goes again and again, he controls, he springs, he dribbles, he does not do everything well, but he does a lot. Mbappé, there are moments of the game where it appears very little and that does not appeal to the Bernabéu ”explained Jesus Gallego, journalist of the Cadena Ser.
“For fans, Vinicius is one of theirs and this is not the case with Mbappé. The attitude is important for a Real Madrid player, Vinicius is one of their own, and if he misses a dribble, he returns to defend, encourages the stands, and Mbappé cannot get rid of successive refusals in Real Madrid and this makes the audience a little suspicious and puts it in probation. Against City, it's an idol, but the fans ask him to be the Mbappé of City every day “said his colleague Santi Giménez. Clearly, Mbappé's behavior will be observed on the magnifying glass on Wednesday during the return match against Atlético…
