Expelled for a very dangerous gesture against Alavés, Kylian Mbappé received in a single suspension match, and in the ranks of Barça – which Real will face twice, first in the King Cup final, then in a crucial poster for the title in the league -, that does not pass.
Saved by the referee’s report and a settlement point which, if he had turned against him, could have deprived him of the King’s Cup final against Barça (Editor’s note, from 4 suspension games, the sanction can be extended to other competitions), Kylian Mbappé did very well. A little too well for the taste of the rival club, precisely. For his ugly sole on the right leg of the midfielder Antonio Blanco, Kylian Mbappé received in a single suspension match when he risked a much heavier suspension. “It’s a shame,” lambasted Rafael Yuste, the vice-president of the Catalan club, at the microphone of the Rac1 chain, deploring “an absurd sanction, a very bad example for football”.
“Unacceptable” treatment
“This tackle could have provoked a fracture,” he was still prevailing. “If one of our players had committed such a fault I don’t even know what we would have heard.” “This decision confirms that we have to do everything to get our independence. This kind of treatment is unacceptable,” he insisted, suggesting that Real would have benefited from preferential treatment in this case. Expected Sunday against Alavés for this very dangerous gesture, Kylian Mbappé had first received a simple yellow. It was only after being alerted by video assistance that the referee changed the color of the cardboard.
Two Real-Barça posters on the program by the end of the season
In his report transmitted to the authorities, the meeting referee considered that the Frenchman had played the ball, which is far from obvious on the images. This interpretation in any case avoided Mbappé an increase in the scale (which could have gone from 4 to 12 when it was 1 to 3 games depending on article 130 of the regulation) and consequently a much heavier potential sanction.
Where he could have missed the most important matches in the race for the title, Mbappé will only miss the next Liga day against Athletic Bilbao and will be present for the final of the King Cup against FC Barcelona, April 26. Real Madrid currently occupies second place in the championship and is a delay of four points on its Catalan rival, Barça, with which it will move on May 11, in a crucial poster for the title. Less than a month, the tension is already palpable.
