There is only one match and this first season of Kylian Mbappé in Madrid will be over, even if there is this club world who is already looking at his nose. And the least we can say is that on the statistical level, the Bondynois will have struck hard, with 29 goals in liga already, which puts him in very good position to win the Pichichi but above all Golden Soulier, failing to have been able to glean a major title with his team. If we must not forget that there have been moments of doubt and that he was even whistled by the Bernabéu at times, his first season is therefore, on an individual level at least, satisfactory.
But above all, Kylian Mbappé was one of the few big players of the workforce to have been at a level deemed correct by Madrid public opinion. Among the famous four galactics of the team, it is the one that is the best. After an exceptional 2023/2024 season, Jude Bellingham has disappointed and was even cropped by the Madrid management which has not appreciated its services in recent months. Vinicius JR also underperformed and had much more difficulty in making differences during this exercise 2024/2025, while Rodrygo Goes was at an abysmal level and the Madrid press already evokes a sale. It is therefore no coincidence that, lately, Mbappé asserted himself as the offensive leader of the team, in the eyes of fans, the media but especially of his teammates.
The only Madrid who runs away this season?
On Sunday, once again, the Frenchman was one of the rare Merengues to have shot the game, facing a team from Seville who played 9 for almost half of the game. And inevitably, this causes new criticisms of his teammates. “They are not even able to move to help Mbappé”can we read in Marcain a particularly vehement article: “They played without tension all season when titles were at stake, so it was obvious that it was going to happen like that in a match without stake. They did what they always do: attack while walking and chaining passes in their feet. They did not show any will to help Mbappé who could seal his gold shoe. The Frenchman must have done what he always does: get out to score, because if he waits for having good balloons, he will wait a long time ”. Clearly, the good benefits of French provoke, indirectly, very harsh criticisms of his teammates.
“Mbappé continues to show that it deserves to be the indisputable epicenter of Real Madrid in the future”explains for his part Readeralso sharp in his analysis: “A dead team against ten, then against nine. At this height of the season, there are not really any conclusions to make and it is the reality of recent weeks. Vinicius, Bellingham or Rodrygo can get angry, this Real Madrid, it was Real Madrid of Mbappé. There should not be many people who think that the Real Madrid project should not be built around him. It must be the epicenter of the attacking game. If Xabi Alonso decides to play with a point, it is Mbappé who must be this man. With two points, French and another ”. The message is clear …
