Kylian Mbappé’s nice gesture with Vinicius Jr did not please Madrid

Quiet Saturday evening for Real Madrid. On the pitch at its Santiago Bernabéu, the club from the Spanish capital easily disposed of Valencia, winning 4-0 without suffering. A match marked by the new successful performance of Kylian Mbappé, author of the first two goals of the game, and by the presence of Vinicius Jr in the starting eleven, since everyone was waiting to see if the Brazilian would be sanctioned after his notable replacement during the Clasico last weekend.

And in fact, the Frenchman and the Brazilian were talked about yesterday. If the Bondynois still receives praise from the press and fans after his double, the former Flamengo player takes it for his rank. Especially because of this missed penalty, while Real Madrid led 2-0. Mbappé, the designated shooter, had the opportunity to score a hat-trick, but he preferred to leave this penalty to number 7… who missed it, since his attempt was stopped by Julen Agirrezabala.

Mbappé’s gesture doesn’t really work

Curiously, Mbappé’s gesture is controversial. Many observers would have preferred that it was him who fired. “For me, the culprit is Mbappé. I said it last year, Mbappé can’t hand out penalties like candy, it’s not the schoolyard, it’s a professional football team.”for example, the famous journalist Manolo Lama raged on the Cadena COPE. His colleague Poli Rincon, former Real Madrid player and now consultant, also believes that it was the Frenchman who should have tried his luck: “For me the fault is the coach. Xabi Alonso must step up and tell Mbappé that he’s the one shooting”.

“We choose the shooters, Kylian is the first. But not the only one. Decisions are made. I like penalties to be scored. The first was Kylian who scored, and I would have liked us to score the second. Kylian remains the first launcher »Alonso replied after the match, quite annoyed by the situation. But in this story, it is clearly Vinicius Jr who lost (even) more than Kylian Mbappé…