The Frenchman explodes in 2025 with eight goals in eight games and is close to the Portuguese’s figures in his first season in Madrid.
Has little sense for us to say it when already He says it himself: “I’m doing very wellwhat I get in the field It comes out naturally. My adaptation is over.” So blunt was shown Mbappé after his hat-trick against the Valladolid in Pucela, the first to score with the white shirt (in the case of Saturday night in Zorrilla, orange). A meeting in which reconfirmedif it was necessary, that his best version is now a reality. Were hat trick that show the depth of his repertoire: in the first, starting static, combined con Bellinghamto break an orderly defense; in it secondal gallopshowed that in the open field there is no one faster than him and that despite the effort, he maintains clarity and good footing to finish; and in the third he took the penalty again with pose of specialistand not like he did in Liverpool and San Mamés.
That match, the one in Bilbao, was his Particular Vietnam. “I hit rock bottom,” he admitted himself. The Mbappé before that match and the one seen after have very little to do with each other: before he scored 10 goals in 20 games, averaging a goal every 168 minutes; after that defeat van ya 12 goals in 12 duels and their scoring frequency has been reduced by more than half, since a goal every 74 minutes.
In the overall season son 22 goals in 32 games, some figures that place him in the around of the best scorer to ever wear the Madrid shirt: Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese He reached those figures in his last five seasons in white and his debut in Madrid just could close it with 32 goals, although he missed a good part of the course due to injuries or sanctions, barely playing 35 meetings. Those 32 goals are a very goal reachable for Mbappé at the moment, as long as there are no injuries that prevent him from continuing to play regularly.
-Las figures of Cristiano, Yes, they are a different matter: The Portuguese scored 450 goals in nine seasons at Real Madrid, with an average of 50 goals per campaign. But Mbappé at least it is available improve the premiere campaign. And there is another issue in which he has been ahead of the one who was his idol since he was a child: precocity to score three goals in a match with Real Madrid. He has done it in his 19th party League, while Cristiano did in the 27th. Another who did it on his 19th attempt was Ronaldo Nazario. And only Van Nistelrooy (2), Bale (9) and Adebayor (14) were faster.
The Pucela party was living proof that the Mbappé’s connection with his teammates start to be natural, almost a biological process. He received an assist from Bellingham, making it 0-1; and another from Rodrygo, for 0-2. They are the players who have delivered the most goals to Mbappé this campaign, four each. Ancelotti’s great challenge now go through get that chemistry not only does it not decrease, but expands with Viniciuswho is not far away either (the Brazilian has assisted the Frenchman three times this season).
What is clear is that yes something has been good for Mbappé has been the change of year The figures support it: it is the best scorer (among all competitions) in the five major European leagues, with eight goals. He surpasses Foden (6), Lewandowski (5) or Haaland (5). Also to his teammate Rodrygo (5), another who has started the new year like a shot. and the battle What comes is what faces with Lewandowski for him pichichi of the Liga: right now the Polish is ahead, 16 goals, for the Frenchman’s 15although the culé with a match still to play. Mbappé’s distance reduction in the last weeks of 2024 and the first weeks of 2025 is being impressive: after the 0-4 at the Bernabéu, on matchday 11 of the League, ‘Lewy’ had 14 goals to just six from Kylian, eight behind. Today it is barely a goal, with the Pole in a drought and the Frenchman on a roll, scoring nine goals in the last eight games he has played.
