Having passed through on Wednesday, on the lawn of Signal Iduna Park, Kylian Mbappé suffered numerous criticisms following his performance, notably from Jérôme Rothen, although he is usually quick to sing his praises.
Particularly attractive, two weeks earlier, during the return match against Barça in the quarter-finals, PSG fell back into their mistakes on Wednesday, against Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their semi-final. After a disastrous first period, Luis Enrique’s men were more inspired in the second half, but success eluded the French champions, like the two posts of Kylian Mbappé and Achraf Hakimi on the hour mark. However, the Parisians disappointed, first and foremost the French world champion.
Used to being complimentary towards the Bondynois, Jérôme Rothen this time did not spare the star striker of the capital club. “You can’t proclaim yourself to be one of the best in the world, and rightly so, and be satisfied with that performance,” he told RMC about the former Monegasque, adding: “He does his team a disservice, he doesn’t make others better and he isn’t effective. » This semi-final first leg was nevertheless a match “where the big players must be there”.
Jérôme Rothen very hard with Kylian Mbappé
And for the former midfielder, his positioning poses a problem. “He even outwits a few teammates. When he’s never on the receiving end of a cross because he’s never in the box, it’s problematic.”he whispered, insisting: “Are these instructions or is it he who doubts because he wants to have the ball in his foot before asking for it and making calls? I don’t know but it’s bad for the team. »
“At the start of the match, his teammates managed to touch him and exchange with him but he lost too many balls, he added. It is not possible. When you are number 9, you have to create chances. I want it to start from the midfielder, who lacks creativity, but he must make his teammates want to play with him. » The top scorer in the club’s history therefore owes a revenge in the return match. “I condemn him in this match, at the moment he is playing one match out of two. But next Tuesday, I think we’ll have the really good one. He missed his match, it’s up to him to make up for it”he concluded.
