Real Madrid is on nerves. This is evidenced by the recent altercation between Jude Bellingham and Antonio Rüdiger in training, the frequent mood gestures of Vinicius or Le Pétage de Plumbs by Kylian Mbappé, on Sunday, against Alaves while his team led 1-0.
Distributed by Barça in Liga, Real Madrid is on the verge of elimination in the Champions League and the tension is increasingly palpable. And the situation is not likely to improve concerning Vinicius …
Carlo Ancelotti and his staff have indeed decided to designate Kylian Mbappé as the new number one shooter of the penalties, even when he will have the fault as recently against Valence. Vinicius then seized the ball and struck Giorgi Mamardashvili. This failure was the second in less than a month of the Brazilian after the missed penalty against Atletico Madrid in the round of finals return from the Champions League. What encourage the Madrid staff to react and again review his plans.
Four out of four for Mbappé
Because Carlo Ancelotti had already had to intervene in early winter when his players, to whom the Madrid coach had given carte blanche, had missed three penalties in just a month: Kylian Mbappé twice, in Liverpool and Bilbao, and Jude Bellingham against Valence. “We missed three penalties and it bothers me. I once take responsibility to choose who must strike them ”, had thundered the Italian technician.
But since then, while Vinicius has been struggling in the exercise, Kylian Mbappé has signed a faultless with three successful penalties against Las Palmas, Valladolid and Leganes in Liga and a shot to the goal against Croatia in the League of Nations.
