What a day! Yesterday, Kylian Mbappé (27 years old) had a crazy Thursday. Shortly after 8 p.m., he was officially summoned by Didier Deschamps to participate in the 2026 World Cup which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico. There wasn’t too much suspense regarding the captain of the Blues whose name was certainly the first on the DD list. At 27, he will participate in his third World Cup. He did not hide his pride at representing his country again and his desire to make the French proud, he who published a message on Instagram. This was poorly received by some Spanish media since his post was sent a few minutes before Real Madrid’s match against Oviedo. We can assume that his communications teams were responsible for publishing his message. But it is new proof that the Iberian media are looking for the little beast with KM10. We don’t let him get through anything. Whatever, Mbappé makes do.
He has no choice anyway. After the announcement of the DD list, Mbappé continued with the match against Oviedo. On the bench, he came on in the 69th minute of play in place of scorer Gonzalo Garcia. The Habs, who were booed, did not score, but they provided an assist to Jude Bellingham (2-0). After the meeting, Mbappé ended his day with a punchy media outing. “I prefer to express myself here; orally. Many don’t, and I have to consult the press to find out what they think…” A huge tackle sent to his teammates according to A.S.. He also added regarding his comrades. “The club had authorized me not to be in Madrid (on its trip to Italy, editor’s note), and I was not the only one on the team to be absent…” A.S. confirms that “Dani Ceballos (suspended), Arda Güler (injured), Rodrygo and Militão were also absent from the RCDE Stadium, although the latter had undergone surgery five days earlier in Finland.”
Mbappé tackles his teammates
Then, the striker returned to his absence during the Clasico, also responding to those who insinuated that he had faked an injury. “It was a shame for me not to play the Clásico. That’s life. You can’t change people’s opinions. That’s their way of thinking, and I don’t take it personally. I’ve had times in my career where I’ve been booed. It’s part of the job and part of life. Sometimes they’re not happy, but they’re still there. » He then spoke about the injuries and a possible error in the club’s diagnosis. “Real Madrid never makes mistakes. It’s the best club in the world, and Real Madrid never makes mistakes. It’s hard to be hurt. What hurts me the most is that people think I didn’t want to play. At the start of the season, people said that I played too much, that I wanted to play every match. That’s the only thing that didn’t make sense. Do I want to play or not? When I was on the pitch, people said that I played 90 minutes, that I was going to play in the Copa del Rey… and then, when I got injured, they said that I didn’t want to play. Do I want to play or not? »
Last night he wanted to play. Arbeloa decided to start him on the bench. ” I’m doing very well. I didn’t play because the coach told me I was the fourth striker in the team, behind Mastantuono, Vini and Gonzalo. I was ready to start, it’s his decision and we must respect it. I’m not angry (…) I have no problem with Arbeloa. We must respect it. You have to accept the coach’s philosophy, and I have to do my best to play in place of Vini, Gonzalo and Mastantuono. I don’t watch the coach’s press conferences. At home, I watch French television, not Spanish.” Relaunched, he added: “It’s a normal reaction, I’m a player. You have to accept it and give the best of yourself for the team, always be useful. I try to help when I come on. Today I came on and I made an assist to Jude, we won, and that’s the most important thing. The most important thing is the eleven players on the pitch. They have to give everything for Real Madrid to win, because we are happier when we win.
The Frenchman sent messages
This was the case yesterday, although he was whistled. “We have to accept it. I think that’s an opinion that people express. I don’t think you should take it personally. No one is going to die tonight. It’s normal that, when you don’t win, people choose players to boo. It happened to Real Madrid, it happened to every club in the world. I don’t see what’s so special about it. When you don’t win, that’s life.” He also admitted, without saying it directly, that the change of coach had not necessarily been beneficial. “We started the season well, we had everything. Then we lost everything in the second half of the season. It’s very hard to take because we had a structure and a style of play, but we lost everything. We have to accept the criticism and come back next year. We didn’t win any titles. It’s all the more frustrating as we had the opportunity to do better, we demonstrated it in the first part of the season. This is not the spirit of Real Madrid. We must always defend the club as best as possible. »
He then clarified: “There is a difference between the first and second half of the season. In the second half of the season, I had a knee injury for a long time. This knee problem was really painful. I lost a lot of time, at one of the most important moments of the season (…) I have an excellent relationship with Xabi, he will become an excellent coach. But this is all in the past and we must look to the future. » And it is surely with José Mourinho that he will have to move forward in the future. In the meantime, he will finish the season with Alvaro Arbeloa. The Spanish coach has denied his player’s comments regarding the fact that he is a fourth choice. Which the Frenchman must not have appreciated. After that, he finished his crazy day of work.
