The presence of Mbappé against Talavera, a D3 team, during the Copa del Rey round of 16 match on Wednesday evening (3-2 victory for the Madrilenians) caused a lot of talk across the Pyrenees. Xabi Alonso is particularly criticized, since many observers do not understand why a player coming off an injury played 90 minutes in a match where his presence was not a priori imperative to win.
But as journalist Tomas Roncero, very well known among our Spanish neighbors, indicates, it was the Bondynois who asked to play. “Mbappé told Alonso that he wanted to play, and if possible the whole match. There are players you can’t say no to.”indicated the editorialist of Chiringuito de Jugones and newspaper A.S..
