Real Madrid will have had to work to win against Mallorca on Wednesday at the opening of the 36e daytime. The Merengue only owed to a goal scored by the very young Jacobo Ramon at the very last second to win 2-1 in Bernabeu, thus preventing Barça from being crowned Spanish champion even before the Barcelona derby against Espanyol.
The opening of the score by Martin Valjent from 11e
Minute had complicated the task of the Madrid. But if, Carlo Ancelotti's men have suffered, it is especially because of the recital of Leo Romanesque in the goals. Already the author of 13 stops against Barça, the majority goalkeeper delivered an exceptional service by making 10 stops, including eight major classes.
It took a feat to deceive his vigilance and he was the work of Kylian Mbappé. Author of a big match, the Frenchman finally found the fault after a personal feat at the heart of the surface, when he played two major defenders before sliding the ball at the point of the post (68e).
Thanks to this goal, Kylian Mbappé has taken his ease a little more at the top of the scorers' scorers. With now 28 goals on the clock, the former Parisian posted three achievements in advance on Robert Lewandowski with two more games to play for French and therefore three for the Polish.
Kylian Mbappé stronger than Karim Benzema
A single tricolor player did better abroad or at least in the four major championships: Thierry Henry, author of 30 goals with Arsenal in the 2003-04 season. The Bondynois, on the other hand, has already done better than Karim Benzema and his 27 goals scored during the year of his Ballon d'Or, in 2022.
Kylian Mbappé also became the first player in history to register 28 Liga goals in his first season at Real Madrid. He thus surpasses Alfredo Di Stefano, author of 27 goals in the 1953-54 season. A single striker did better in the history of the Liga when he arrived in Spain: Ronaldo, author of 34 goals in his first season at Barça (1996-97).
Finally, Kylian Mbappé is also the first French player to reach the 40 goals' mark in all competitions in three consecutive seasons with a European top 5 club. Its 40 goals scored with Real this season indeed followed 41 achievements with PSG in 2022-23 and the 44 of last season.
