The case of Kylian Mbappé, unrecognizable in the Real Madrid jersey, concerns informed observers.
It is
a new disastrous performance which was added to the sad merengue record of Kylian Mbappé since his arrival in Madrid this summer. Facing Liverpool on Wednesday evening in the Champions League, the captain of the Blues
did not know how to weigh in the gameeven missing a penalty which could have allowed Real to get back into the game (2-0 defeat ultimately recorded).
« I find him lost on the ground “, breathes the former boss of the French team Michel Platini, quoted by L'Equipe during a protocol ceremony organized this Thursday at the National Sports Museum in Nice, the triple Ballon d'Or (1983, 1984, 1985) hoping that “ it will only be a small blow, for French football and for it… »
A very uncertain return to the highest level
« A great champion must rise from the ashes, systematically. This is what will make Kylian a great champion “, finally believes the 1984 European champion. A note of optimism that Jérôme Rothen does not necessarily share this evening on RMC. “ Since the World Cup final in Qatar, it has been decadence. Not in terms of stats, because he always scored a lot of goals. At PSG, he held on thanks to this ratio, but we cannot say that he shone in the Champions League over the last four months. »
« The problem is that he touches a lot fewer balls and he asks himself too many questionscontinues the one who, like Mbappé, defended the colors of Paris and Monaco.
What he showed yesterday, in a big match… I find it hard to be forgiving. […] In fact, he has become an ordinary player. This is what is most serious. And it's not just three months since his arrival at Real Madrid, it's been a year and a half. […] I think a lot of things evaporated and took him out of this bubble of the best players in the world. Will he be able to find this? »
