It’s “Mbappé-day”! After three weeks of vacation (following his XXL presentation at the Santiago Bernabéu) and six days of training with Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé will make his debut with his new club, this Wednesday in Warsaw (Poland), for the European Super Cup against Atalanta. Carlo Ancelotti confirmed it the day before in front of the press, his new star striker will be in the game and there is almost no doubt that the captain of the French team will start the match with the reigning European champion against the winner of the Europa League.
On the other hand, there is still some uncertainty surrounding the system that the Italian coach will use for Mbappé’s first match and even the positioning of the prodigy from Bondy. The Madrid media should be the best informed. Unsurprisingly, they are offering us a festival of different information. In recent days, the “well-informed” journalists assured that the Italian technical staff was working Mbappé with Vinicius and Rodrygo in the offensive sector. For a classic 4-3-3, with Real’s new number 9 up front, Jude Bellingham dropping back as a left relay (Toni Kroos is no longer in the professional world and Eduardo Camavinga is unavailable for two months).
Mbappé announced on the right by Brand
The confusion is total. In its Wednesday edition,
As finally announces a 4-2-3-1 with Jude Bellingham at number 10, he who was the nine and a half of a 4-4-2 diamond last season (which allowed him to have a great start to the season). The big surprise comes from Brand: The probable line-up in the newspaper also shows a 4-2-3-1 with an English number 10, but with Mbappe on the right wing and Rodrygo up front. No other information is given. It is not known if Real have worked internally on such a system with Mbappe on the right. He has not played in this position since the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The start of the match against La Dea will provide this answer that intrigues football fans (even if the Spanish media, despite the quality of their football and the thinking carried out by the coaches, are often incapable of explaining the tactical choices). Opposite, the Bergamo team, led by the ruthless Gian Piero Gasperini, has almost the same face as last spring, with an Ademola Lookman who could take advantage of it to shine brightly against Real, but with a Mateo Retegui (recruited from Genoa) at the forefront due to the injury of Gianluca Scamacca (seriously injured in the knee).
