He treated himself to a nice breath of fresh air. In the eye of the storm after concluding his worst week since his arrival at Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé raised the level on Saturday evening, during the controlled victory (0-3) of the Merengues on the lawn of Girona, in Liga. This time, there was no missed penalty like in Liverpool or Bilbao, but rather a nice goal, scored from a tight angle shortly after the hour mark.
Aligned at the forefront of a 4-2-3-1, the French international did not have the activity of a Jude Bellingham or the magic of a Luka Modric, but he knew how to be generous in the efforts, creating several chances before finally finding the fault to score his 9th goal in 16 days in the Spanish championship.
After this success, it was a reassured Mbappé who appeared at the microphone of the Real Madrid TV channel. “It was a difficult match, we knew it was important,” declared the ex-Parisian, satisfied to have had an uneventful evening. They (Girona players) had a lot of possession of the ball. But we started very well, we scored in the first half and we came back very strong in the second. We scored two more goals and we had control of the match. (…) Thank you to the supporters for the support. »
Aware of still being far from his best level, the 2018 world champion wanted to underline the importance of the Madrid collective. “It’s part of my job to help the team, to play with personality and to help my teammates win,” he assured, before praising his partners. “Bellingham?” He's incredible, he's a great player. He and the other attackers, Brahim and Güler, had a great match. Also in midfield, in defense and with the players who came on. We are a team and I am very happy with today's victory. »
Thanks to their victory, Real Madrid, still second in the La Liga standings, came back to within two points of FC Barcelona. Mbappé, who will speak this evening on Canal + for his first speech since his arrival in Madrid, now has 11 goals in 21 matches in all competitions in the white jersey.
