While the criticisms rain on Kylian Mbappé after the Real Madrid debacle against Arsenal in the Champions League, Emmanuel Petit chose to get out of silence. In the program “Rothen sans flames” on RMC, the former 1998 world champion firmly defended the French striker. For him, the responsibilities must be redistributed : “Mbappé responsible for defeat?” No “, he launched firmly.
Emmanuel Petit did not stop at a simple position. He directly challenged Carlo Ancelotti, the Real coach, for his tactical management: “He had the choice to make his eleven more coherent, and he did not do it.”
The former midfielder does not mince his words either towards the sports policy of the club. He cites in particular the absence of replacement for Toni Kroos and the aging of Luka Modric as major factors of imbalance.
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Petit was also outraged by the treatment reserved for Eduardo Camavonga, expelled during the match. He accuses the Spanish press of making him a scapegoat, while he “Was alone in the middle to make the efforts.” An untenable situation, according to him, in a disorganized collective where the attackers ”
never made a withdrawal ”.
Cross shot against Mbappé: Emmanuel Petit Sorte Armor
Beyond individual names and performance, Emmanuel Petit insisted on the intensity deficit displayed by the Merengues. “Real ran 100 km, Arsenal 115, and Bayern or Inter 120”, he recalled, emphasizing a physical and mental bankruptcy. A difference difficult to justify for a team supposed to play the very high level.
Through his intervention, Petit questions a whole structure rather than a player. For him, criticism of Mbappé are inappropriate and symptomatic of an easy culprit need. “You come across him as soon as he does not meet a criterion “, He deplores, calling for a fairer analysis of real responsibilities.
