Real Madrid: Mbappe’s decline: playing when he was 9 years old does not help him, but he has a difficult solution

Kilian (Mbappe) é He’s living a complicated situation. He has been less effective for a year now. Is one’s own discretion Didier Deschamps During a relaxed interview in which he discussed with Lizarazu for Task Force 1 the problems that today’s players have to face in connection with the problems of his time: calendar, social networks or stress affects on a physical as well as on a mental level. Although at that moment the conversation was more general , when it came time to commit to mbabé, the coach, who is uncomfortable talking about the reasons for the dismissal, also got wet by the fact that Killian plays from 9 in his club and in the selection and this could hurt him“He was less effective in 2024, but I see no reason to believe that he will not return to his level. He is going through a delicate moment, but he has everything to return to. He can play in several positions , and although you will tell me that I am crazy to put him as a central striker, with his last two coaches at his club Luis Enrique and Ancelotti He also played as a striker.”

The fact is that Mbappe Yut’s stagnation, beyond his physical condition and the fact that he changed clubs and needed an adaptation process, also coincides with his position as a reference. Karim Benzema, In his interview in El Chiringuito, he was the most forceful in this regard when analyzing his role in Madrid and the fact that he is not at his level: “For me, the problem is that he is not the center of the attack. It’s not like that. Every time he plays with the choice ‘ 9 ‘ it’s not correct. It’s not his position. But the problem is that on the left there is a man like him. On the same level, Vinicius. And then there is a problem… He’ll have to get it in his head that he’s 9.”

Meanwhile, Deschamps continued mbabé’s adaptation to Ancelotti. “He obviously doesn’t have Olivier Giroud’s profile, it depends on the opponent you face. He obviously has a greater preference for the left side, Even the right one, as I have seen him develop in recent matches with Madrid. Then it’s a matter of balance and giving freedom to the players.”As the coach of France says, Kilian was seen a little more on the right and, without going any further, his assist against Dortmund for a shot R.Digger comes from a good step on this side.

Are you going to tell me that I’m crazy because he plays as a 9, but with the last two coaches he played in this position

Didier Deschamps

Doomed to play as a 9?

The fact is that both in France and in Madrid, Kilian seems to be destined for Sumire that he will be 9. Giroud has already retired and there are no strikers in the group like him. Kolo Moani is not like that, neither is Marcus Thuram And the coach always preferred the Madrid player as a reference, also to save him from defensive efforts at the Euros, where he was no longer going through his best moments. Something similar is happening in Real Madrid with the departure Joselu, Which was also not an address , and accepted with Karim Benzema. The other 9 is Indrek, But the problem has already been explained by Benzema: to put another 9 and throw Mbappe to the left you have to move to Vinicius. However, the Real Madrid coach already said this last season, before confirming the arrival of Mbappe Yut , and confirmed it again already in the pre-season: “He has played more in this area and will continue to do so,”he said in August.

What Ancelotti is asking of him: Benzema’s role

Mbappe has entered a rut at Real Madrid as his numbers show. He did not play in four matches: two in the league and the last in the Champions League. Since retiring from the derby due to an injury on September 29 and agreeing with Deschamps not to attend the two matches last October to recover, he has only scored one goal, against Celta. And what seemed before the Derby he woke up, with five goals and one assist in four league matches. This fracture certainly did not have the desired effect. And some French media and fans did not see his controversial trip to Stockholm, although he received permission like the rest of Ancelotti’s group without international obligations, because he did not attend Deschamps ‘ call.

Will have to get out afloat as a 9 unless Carlito is looking for another solution before measuring himself in Legan Then to Liverpool at Anfield. However, he recently explained his initial idea, when asked if he would also be asked to defend, to the thread of the private conversation that appears in Luis Enrique’s documentary that the coach asks him to defend like Jordan to be the best: “let him score. I’d rather have him score goals than Press. The position of the center forward has not changed much. I’m asking the same thing I was asking Benzema. Position yourself well to be ready.”

Trouble comes from afar

Mbappe accepted his role as 9 with much more diplomacy than in previous years. His complaint in October 2022 with Galtir, Then the coach of PSG, he aroused some controversy, when the striker admitted that with France he feels more comfortable having Giroud from 9: “I play differently with France . They ask me to do different things here from PSG. I have a lot of freedom here. The coach knows that we have Giroud as a 9 who fixes defenses and I can go into space. It’s different in Paris, this does not exist. They ask me to play as a center and that’s different.” In his networks, after the draw against Reims, he posted a photo of the match with the following:”draw #estosparis #pivotgang”. The latter can be translated as the range of the interlocutor.