It was a tough weekend for Real Madrid. Friday evening, on the Betis pitch, the Merengues lost (1-0), and saw, on Sunday, FC Barcelona roll over Valencia (5-0) to take the lead in La Liga alone. After a 3/3 to launch La Liga, the Madrilenians have come back to earth a little, and the first criticisms are already raining from the other side of the Pyrenees. If there are satisfactions, like the level of Dean Huijsen or Arda Güler, there are also concerns regarding the midfield and the ability of this team to create play for example.
Some players are also singled out a little. This is the case of Vinicius Jr, again, and of Kylian Mbappé, particularly bad against Betis, although author of a good start to the season on a statistical level with 4 achievements in as many matches. The Frenchman was once again at the heart of the debates during the various Spanish sports broadcasts during the night from Sunday to Monday.
The Mbappé-Vinicius Jr duo still criticized
Juanma Castaño, well-known journalist in Spain and presenter on the Cadena COPEnotably explained that the Frenchman has still not got everyone in his pocket in Madrid. “There is a part of madridismo that is not with Mbappé. There is a kind of wound that is still there with some madridistas, I don’t know if they forgive him for the negative things of recent years.”he said, before paraphrasing a Real Madrid supporter he spoke to: “look, we haven’t won any titles with him, he made some teammates look bad, he didn’t want to come, he does what he wants, at the end of last season he was thinking about the World Cup and not Real Madrid…”
The Mbappé case was also mentioned on the Cadena SERwhere we feel a certain fed up with the Frenchman and Vinicius Jr. “Mbappé and Vinicius are good, but in modern football, everyone has to run. They run when it suits them. If they ran a little more, it could help the rest of the players.”for example, launched journalist Javier Herraez. “Mourinho needs to tighten things up, especially with Mbappé and Vinicius Jr”for his part explained Jesus Gallego, while Marcos Lopez was also quite sharp: “Mbappé and Vinicius Jr did not create a connection with Ancelotti, Alonso and Arbeloa, and for the moment it is the same with Mourinho”. This match against Inter tomorrow evening is the ideal opportunity for the Frenchman and the Brazilian to set the record straight.
