The 2024/2025 season was not a sinecure for Kylian Mbappé. Arrived with great fanfare at Real Madrid, the French international had immediately garnished his trophy window by winning the European Super Cup against Atalanta, with a bonus. “Here, it's Madrid, not PSG. You come, you already win a European trophy “we heard in the streets of the Spanish capital. Unfortunately for the captain of the Blues, the machine quickly stopped.
To the extrasportal concerns have been added mixed performance on the ground. The 2024 European champion was not the most beautiful team to see playing and his two offensive stars, Mbappé and Vinicius Junior, never managed to find the right formula to cohabit. The two players often worked on the left side and the Spanish press often mentioned a front friendship. Real Madrid saw FC Barcelona realize the double Cup of the King-Liga after having planted in the big widths in the Champions League, but that did not prevent Mbappé from completing a good season in terms of its personal statistics.
A start to the season with a fanfare for Mbappé
Pichichi de Liga and European gold shoe (44 goals in 59 matches, all competitions combined), Le Bondynois did not shine where it was expected the most (in the Champions League), but its accounting assessment played in its favor in the opinion of Madrid fans. With 22 goals on the clock, Vinicius Junior gradually lost his status as an offensive leader of the Merengues. Did he suffer from failure to the Ballon d'Or and the arrival of an ardently darling Mbappé by Florentino Pérez? Today, the debate no longer even arises. The leader is Kylian Mbappé. The Frenchman is not the captain of Casa Blanca, but he clearly relegated his Brazilian teammate to the background.
This season, the former Parisian has already marked the spirits by recovering the number 10 of Luka Modric. On the ground, he started the exercise 2025/2026 with a fanfare with 3 goals in 2 games. Better still, he scored 12 of the 16 goals scored by Madrid during the last 7 -matches of the Spanish stable. Then the Spanish press announced that Mbappé would be the new shooter of the penalties and free kicks this season. Information which, if it is confirmed, would be new proof of leadership entrusted to the French. And that's not all. After the match won against Osasuna (1-0), the press added that Xabi Alonso's esteem for his attacker was such that the new Merengues coach wanted the latter to become a “playmaker”. History to stick with the number he has in the back?
Faced with Oviedo, we saw an even more mobile Mbappé and author of a double. What delight his coach. “He took up four kilos. He had lost four during the Club World Cup. He feels good and it shows. He is motivated and connected to the team, he has an influence in the game. I really liked it to be swaping, changing positions and being involved in this way “. You will understand, there is only for Mbappé at the start of the season. This match facing the promoted was also a new proof of the passage of witness between Mbappé and Vinicius Jr. When he had just delivered a decisive pass, the Brazilian fell in his provocative player by passing his nerves visibly on the referee … before Mbappé comes to hide his mouth, thus avoiding harvesting a second yellow card synonymous.
“”You have to assess if it's worth it left»»
It was not necessary for the press to grab the subject and parallel between the attitude of leader of French and that of incessant and childish provocateur of the one who was supposed to be the boss of Casa Blanca. And for many, the behavior of the Brazilian no longer passes. “Vinicius must be aware that the Golden Ball train has passed as long as Mbappé in Real Madrid. Imagine that Real Madrid wins the Liga and the Champions League, it is difficult to think that the Ballon d'Or will not be given to Mbappé because we imagine who if it happens, Mbappé will have scored 50, 60 goals. The central player, the cornerstone of the project, is Mbappé “said Manuel de Juan, journalist for AS At Chiringito.
For his part, the former Merengue predrag Mijatovic even thinks that it might be thought of separating from the International Auriverde. “There are things that don't change. If someone talked about it last season, it's me. This behavior does not stick with Real Madrid. There are things that don't change. It is not worth it. For me, this behavior is not worthy of the Real Madrid jersey. He must motivate himself by fighting against all humanity. He's an excellent player, but you have to assess if it's worth it that remains ”he said at the microphone of the Cadena Ser. This year, flies have clearly changed donkey in Madrid…
