A displacement of more than 6,000 kilometers to Almaty, and Real Madrid will not have made the trip for nothing. In Kazakhstan, Xabi Alonso's men offered a demonstration (0-5) against Karat. Even more than the result, it was Kylian Mbappé who marked the evening: a hat -trick, the fourth in his career in the Champions League, to bring his total to 59 goals in the competition, thus equaling Andriy Shevchenko in the 7ᵉ row of historic scorers.
Mbappé, the man of the trip
However, the evening had started with a certain nervousness. Pushed by their audience, the Kazakhs tried to worry Real during the first quarter of an hour. Courtois had to intervene, while Vinicius lacked a big opportunity. But a local defensive error offered Mbappé the opportunity to open the scoring on penalty (0-1, 24th). Consequently, the level gap has imposed itself as obvious. Le Bondynois has multiplied class gestures, between kidney strokes and technical inspirations, putting its team in orbit.
The symbol of this conqueror Real therefore remains the tricolor attacker. In the second period, he perfectly exploited an opening from Rodrygo to afford a second goal full of composure (0-2, 52nd). Then, after a new collective action involving Arda Güler, he signed his triple with an unstoppable cross shot (0-3, 62nd). Relentless, irresistible, Mbappé confirms its stratospheric shape: already five goals in two European matches this season.
A real reassure
If Mbappé monopolized the light, another Frenchman has scored his name on the match sheet. Having entered the game to energize the middle, Eduardo Camavonga added his stone to the building of a superb head on a center of Rodrygo (0-4, 74th). An achievement which rewards its slaughter and symbolizes the depth of the Madrid workforce.
Brahim Díaz has completed the demonstration of a crossed strike in additional time (0-5, 90th+2). After the slap received during the Madrid derby, Real offered itself a puff of oxygen and a reference victory on the move. But the main message of this evening remains clear: with Mbappé in this state of grace, Real Madrid can dream very high in the Champions League.
