For their first season together, the current attack trio formed by Mbappé, Vinicius and Rodrygo has stats very close to the famous BBC, composed at the time by Bale, Cristiano and Benzema.
The Madridistas will never forget the devastating attack line which made the heyday of Real Madrid for five seasons, with almost as many champions leagues and other trophies won. CR7 by being the leader, but well supported by his two accomplices.
The peak of this trio will undoubtedly been the 2015-2016 season, or in their three, the attackers scored 98 of the 149 goals scored by their team, all competitions, with a total stratospheric of 51 achievements for the Portuguese.
Following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in 2018, all knew that it was going to have to wait a long time before finding a trident so prolific to defend the Madrid club's badge. But in view of the recent performance of the Merengue attack, this moment seems to have finally arrived.
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Because if we thought that Rodrygo Goes was going to pay the price for the arrival of Mbappé, Ancelotti leaning at the start to maintain his 4-4-2 in which the French would have taken the place of the Brazilian, the trend of the last few weeks is quite different, and sticks with a striking force found for Madrilenians.
-Ancelotti now prefers to opt for a 4-3-3, including when one of its three stars is not available. When Vinicius Junior is absent, Rodrygo takes his place on the left and leaves the right wing to another player in the workforce, like Brahim Diaz for example.
Similar beginnings
If we compare the figures for the first year of the BBC to that of the VMR (Vinicius-Mbappé-Rodrygo), we see strong similarities at this stage of the season. On January 24, 2014, the BBC had marked 55 times (31 for Cristiano, 14 for Bale and 10 for Benzema).
As of January 24, 2024, pile ten years later, Mbappé, Vinicius and Rodrygo made the nets tremble 47 times (19, 17 and 11). Eight less goals therefore at that time of the season, but a yield that remains completely honorable, and suggests that Real Madrid could have finally found its new BBC …
