They wanted it, they got it. Real Madrid has Kylian Mbappé and his goals, but also the limits that his presence generates. The Merengue club is relying on its number 10, rightly so if we look at the statistics and the 18 goals scored by the Frenchman since the start of the season. But when he doesn’t score… Here are two matches that Mbappé cannot find the net. Facing Liverpool in the Champions League then on the field of Rayo Vallecano in La Liga this Sunday, for a sad 0-0. Lined up from the start, the former Parisian did not deliver his best performance, but he can also blame his partners for a lack of usable balls.
Real Madrid’s problem in this type of closed meeting is summarized by Marca. “The pattern repeats itself: sterile possession, predictable attacks, little movement and too much reliance on Vinicius to break the lines. » And so here are two consecutive matches without scoring a single goal, although this has not happened once this season. Mbappé, author of 52.94% of Real Madrid’s goals this season, saw his streak (13 goals in 12 matches) come to an end in La Liga and he will not beat the record set by Cristiano Ronaldo. But this extremely high percentage says as much about the quality of Mbappé this season as the problem experienced by Real Madrid.
A worrying dependence
During Cristiano Ronaldo’s best season in terms of goals, in 2014-2015 with 61 goals scored, the Portuguese was the author of 38.61% of Real Madrid’s goals. Likewise at FC Barcelona, in Lionel Messi’s best statistical season, his goals represented 29.46% of Barcelona’s total. Kylian Mbappé is therefore really not given enough attention in this exercise. This is due to several factors, such as the injury absence of Jude Bellingham for several weeks, while the Englishman showed his effectiveness during his first season at the club. Vinicius Jr is also less precise in the exercise. But it is the lack of collective bonding that worries Madrid observers.
“Xabi Alonso has his work cut out for him, and the top priority is to find freshness in the final third of the field, reconnect his attackers and, above all, restore confidence in the team, confidence which seemed to have been established just two weeks ago”written as follows Marca. Launched into a surprising series of 6 consecutive away matches (4 remain), Real Madrid should not remain silent for very long if we look at the adversity that presents itself: Elche, Olympiakos in the Champions League then Girona and Athletic Bilbao. A series of meetings which should allow Mbappé to find the net again, and for some to simply find it.
