While José Mourinho’s Real Madrid experienced a particularly delicate evening this Friday by losing to Real Betis (1-0), like PSG beaten by Monaco, Kylian Mbappé found himself at the center of the debates. The French striker delivered a complicated performance, both in play and in attitude, with several missed opportunities and especially a missed penalty in the last minutes, which could have allowed the Madrilenians to snatch the point from the draw. But this attempt could ultimately make people talk beyond Mbappé’s simple failure.
According to El Partidazo de COPEthe penalty should actually have been withdrawn due to an intrusion into the area, the rules having changed this season. “Kylian Mbappé’s penalty should have been withdrawn. The rules have changed this season: if the player’s foot is in the air and in the penalty area, it counts as an intrusion into the area.explains the Spanish media. Despite a long discussion between the main referee and his assistants, no new attempt was ultimately awarded, with the Madrilenians only obtaining a corner. A decision which therefore risks causing controversy, especially since the Betis goalkeeper then came to provoke Mbappé in a very aggressive manner after his missed penalty. Real Madrid thus let precious points slip away in a meeting where several facts of the game risk being debated.
