On Saturday, Real Madrid clearly complicated things in this race for Liga. The men of Carlo Ancelotti bowed at home against Valencia (2-1), but fortunately for them, Barça had to be satisfied with a draw against Betis a few hours later, therefore taking only one more point ahead. But it is now four points that separate the Catalans and the Merengues in the Liga ranking, while Atlético returned to three points from its Madrid neighbor.
A match that has earned strong criticisms of Vinicius Jr, yet the author of a goal, as well as other players in the workforce like Brahim Diaz or Aurélien Tchouame. To tell the truth, Kylian Mbappé is the only player who was spared by the Madrid media after this fairly unexpected defeat against a sick valence. But above all, this match opened, once again, the debate on the penalty shooters in Madrid.
Ancelotti made his choice
Indeed, Vinicius Jr missed a penalty in this match against the Cheshe who had already missed Atlético two weeks ago. Enough to revive this soap opera from the start of the season on who must be the detected shooter. And according to MarcaCarlo Ancelotti made a decision: now, Kylian Mbappé will draw the penalties, starting with this match against Arsenal in the middle of the week.
A choice a little by default, since the Italian and his staff consider that in the workforce, there is no player really specialist in this exercise. But he also confirms the rise of Kylian Mbappé, who is now the offensive leader of this Real Madrid for many, ahead of the Brazilian. The newspaper explains, however, that in the event of a failure for the Frenchman, Jude Bellingham will be the next shooter. Suffice to say that the Bondynois has no right to make mistakes …
