AAlthough he barely played five matches for Real Madrid , for Killian Mbappe The role of the White club is already more comfortable than that of the French national team, which even had captains. France He has been refusing bread and salt for a long time, forgetting about the fact that he, barely a beardless man, led les plus to the second World Cup, In 2018. He was not able to repeat (he remained in the document Qatar), And don’t The euro They were his supporters. He also left the strongest club in the country, although not the most beloved. All ingredients for The perfect storm What happened to Kiki in the last week and a half.
Although criticism seems to have little effect on him – he gets along well with journalists, in front of whom he usually appears in every international window as the captain of France -, the truth is that returning to Madrid (You are expected at today’s meeting) It is a relief for Mbappe, Who found in his new club a Oasis Also after Very complicated last year on a sports and personal level at Paris Saint-Germain. His open struggle with leadership, his transfer to the purely sporting legend through some dubious decisions Luis Enrique, They took the striker out of focus, something that he tried to recover quickly in Madrid.
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Despite those three matches without scoring (“For some players it may be normal , but for many M“), The fact is that Mbappe’s start in Madrid responds to expectations. He does not blow them up, as he did Christianity With nine goals in his first five matches , but he does not disappoint them either, with three goals, the same as Karim’s Benzema, The only one that can be compared to it, leaving the CR7 out of competition, so far this century. From another century are the records Stefano says (Five) or Pushkas (Six), only other players whose starts improved the starting d Bondi.
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It was a double against Betis at the Bernabeu Editing For Mbappe, who was decisive for the first time in scoring three points at his new club. Before next week, the calendar for other Four matches (out of seven) at the Castellana Stadium: Espanyol, Alves, Stuttgart and Villarreal. And his first derby, on 29, is out. An ideal slope for leveling the takeoff aimed at Pettis, which after braking continued (longer than expected) to the slope aimed at Atalanta In his first match as a player at Real Madrid, which also awarded him his first trophy. After two punctual weeks, Mbappe returns to Madrid with the pleasure that always comes with returning home.
