Daniel Riolo, columnist and journalist for After Foot on RMC, notes the decline of the game and the unease broadcast by Kylian Mbappé after his new failed performance with Real Madrid during the defeat at Liverpool (2-0) on Wednesday.
Kylian Mbappé's new nightmarish evening with Real Madrid, Wednesday in Liverpool (2-0), raises concerns about his mental state. The French striker missed a penalty and achieved nothing during this meeting, giving the impression of great weariness. Daniel Riolo, columnist and journalist for After Foot on RMC, noticed it in the gestures of the 2018 world champion.
“He exudes unease”
“Beyond the missed penalty, we can see that this guy is in the complete bag, his head upside down, even the way he shoots the peno is horrible,” he points out. “At the moment, he's so bad, he exudes unease, he's not even a football player anymore. On the field, he doesn't do anything anymore, he doesn't achieve anything anymore, he can't even run anymore. , to move. He is really at the bottom of the mine.
Daniel Riolo wonders about this descent into hell. “Do you remember seeing a player disappear like that, being mentally damaged to the point of no longer moving on the pitch?” he asks. “Between the Euro and now, the more things go, the more you have the impression that his body no longer wants to. When there was the peno, his body said: 'I have to go but I'm not I'm sure it's going to go well.' (…) I have the impression that he would like (for it to go well) but his body can't do it and it's over, the light is out.”
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The RMC Sport journalist is not convinced that this discomfort will help him raise his rating in public opinion. But he believes that talking about it could allow him to release some of these bad feelings. “He is in trouble, it has happened to other athletes. Players with bad passes, we have seen them, but him, we have the impression that the curtain is drawn, that there is no nothing more (…) His family and those close to him should advise him to do something, to speak or to open up to get rid of what is in his heart and which is blocking him. penalty), the way his body moves, he's a guy sick. He's alone.”
Daniel Riolo concludes with some advice: “he should explain why he is not well, what is wrong with him. If he is dragging something out, go ahead and tell it, maybe people will hear something.”
