It was just a pre-season friendly match, a final rehearsal against the Austrian club WSG Tirol before the start of the Liga. But this Tuesday, August 12, a much more important event that the score took place: Kylian Mbappé has been in his new number 10. And as a symbol, it only took a handful of minutes to make him shine, ideally launching his second season at the club.
A signature goal for a power takeover
Thirteen minutes of play. This is the time it took to see the first decisive connection of the year. Launched in depth by a millimeter pass from Arda Güler, Mbappé made his speed speak. A perfect control of the left in the middle of the race, an eliminated defender, and a precise dish of the foot which ends his race in the small net. A goal typical of its repertoire, which combines power and finesse. His celebration, pointing his new number in his back, leaves no room for doubt: he is the new boss of the Madrid attack.
Inheriting the number 10 in Real Madrid is never trivial. It is a jersey steeped in history, carried by legends like Puskás, Figo or, more recently, Luka Modrić. By assigning this issue to it, the club confirmed the status of superstar of French. After a first season at 42 goals with number 9, Mbappé now endorses the team's technical and creative leader costume.
The Güler-Mbappé connection already to the point
This first goal also highlights a promising association. The quality of Arda Güler's in -depth pass, combined with the ball call and the Mbappé finish, offered an overview of what one of the main weapons of Real could be this season. In a team where Xabi Alonso turned their workforce, this duo has already shown obvious automatisms. Very good news for the Basque coach one week before the resumption of the championship against Osasuna (August 19).
This goal, widely relayed on social networks, comes to concretize the new dimension taken by the French striker. It's not just a question of being a goalscorer, but the central point of the Madrid game. This first goal is only a statistic in a friendly match, but the symbol is much stronger. The era of number 10 started, and it started with a goal.
