Football goes fast. Less than two months ago, 61% of SO Foot Internet users considered that Kylian Mbappé was “Finito And that he would not find his best level with Real Madrid. Well, we will not pretend to say that it was the results of this survey that stung it bright, but the fact remains that kyks has indeed become impressive for several weeks. By counting his new big performance this Saturday evening in Valladolid (0-3), the Frenchman planted eight pawns in the space of thirteen days and five games, and he especially found the liveliness that was found during his Monegasque and first Parisian steps. If the Wemby Mania has won Paris for a few days, the Mbappé Mania has definitively invaded Madrid.
“It was time to get his fist on the table »
Not all the time shining in the game, Real will still be relatively well at the start of 2025, despite a big slap received against Barça in Spanish Supercoupe (2-5). But whether in the victories or even in this debacle, the common denominator remains the same: an efficient Mbappé, which finds a powerful and terrifying style of play for the defenses, without forgetting a found finish. How to explain this return to your best level? Nothing better than the main interested party to give the answer. Traditionally quite discreet in front of the media, Le Bondynois was very talkative this week at a press conference.
“The problem was mental. I was well physically, I felt good with the team, in the group, but it was time to fist on the table and say: “Now I have to change this situation and I have to do more. »» Because I hadn’t come here to play badly. And it changed. But you have to continue, because playing a month well is good but it’s easy. At Real, we must always play well. […] I was thinking too much and it was seen on my matches. It was a moment of adaptation and I was obsessed with my adaptation to the team, how to move around, how to take up space, if I could go to the Vini or Rodrygo area without being walking on Feet … and when you think too much, you don’t play well. I stopped thinking too much and it’s going much better ”he explained. The latest encouraging signs of his redemption were seen this Saturday, on the lawn of Valladolid. Author of the three pawns of his team, Mbappé did what he can do better: to return to his right foot before opening it to find the little opposing net (twice), then transform without trembling his penalty.
More character, less timidity
The difference compared to a few weeks earlier is also in attitude. We now see a player free to move, much more determined in his races, and better included in the game circuits of his team. On the two goals in the game against Valladolid, we saw the Frenchman being the last link in the chain after a shared actions and being served in the right tempo by Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo.
-“I was not shy because I will never be a shy player. But when you arrive in a team like Real, which has won everything before, you have to arrive with humility. You cannot say the first day to a team that has just won the Champions League: “Well, take me the ball.” »» It doesn’t work like that. But over time, I will make better matches and have more importance in the team ”he said this Tuesday against the press. The lyrics, then the actions: with his fifteen goals in Liga (a length from Robert Lewandowski), Mbappé became the first player to do as well on his nineteen first Liga games since … Cristiano Ronaldo who had put 17 . “My adaptation period is over. I’m going to help Vinícius and Rodrygo, but I wouldn’t say no to be Pichichi ”he said this Saturday. The message is launched.
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