As was the case with PSG or the French team, Kylian Mbappé is not more interested in pressing and defensive work now that he is playing at Real Madrid. Which creates a balance problem for Carlo Ancelotti's team since Vinicius Jr is not the striker most fond of withdrawals. In the eyes of Samir Nasri, the Italian coach should do what has never been done in order to force an epiphany in Mbappé: a stint on the substitutes' bench.
Since its beginnings atAS Monaco, Kylian Mbappé has only too rarely tasted the substitutes' bench. Due to his offensive qualities and his goals which have piled up over the years, Leonardo Jardim has Monaco, Unai Emery, Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Christophe Galtier et Luis Enrique have almost always relied on the French world champion. Same story in French team since Didier Deschamps based his tactics around the one who became the captain of the Blues on March 2023.
“Guardiola explained to us through A+B his pressing. Whoever didn't do it, he automatically went to the bench.
Kylian Mbappé changed air last offseason after seven years spent at PSG. Direction the Real Madridwhere his lack of defensive withdrawals and efforts to block the opposing construction phases are starting to make people talk on the other side of the Pyrenees. And while Carlo Ancelotti seems for the moment not to have the recipe to find the right way to play with its offensive armada on the defensive level, Samir Nasri believes that the coach of Real Madrid has the keys and must use his power as Pep Guardiola did so upon his arrival at Manchester City in 2016.
“It’s up to the coaches to enforce what they want. I'll give you an example. When I was at Manchester City, Guardiola came and told us we were a big team, verbatim. You're not running enough. He lowered our fitness weight and explained his pressing to us A+B. Whoever didn’t do it, he automatically went to the bench.”
“The only problem with Mbappé is that no one had the courage to put him on the bench”
Ex-French international and current consultant for Canal+, Samir Nasri took advantage of his presence on the set of Canal Football Club Wednesday evening to demand a revolution Carlo Ancelotti : put Kylian Mbappé on the substitutes' bench in order to make him aware of his obligations.
“The only problem with Mbappé is that no one had the courage to put him on the bench to make him understand that for a period, he must make the effort.”
