Of the support of Santiago Bernabéu After a bad start to the whistles. No elite footballer of Real Madrid has fought to listen to whistles by his audience. Neither Cristiano Ronaldo was elusive to this trial. And before Arsenal and Athletic ClubKylian MbappHe was aware of a discontent of his hobby that will go more or dissipate according to his performance in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday.
The French attacker It comes rested. A sprain in the right ankle in the return of the quarterfinals of the Champions League – in addition to dragging a sanction match for its direct red against Alavés – has left him out of the call against Athletic and Getafe. Ten days without playing that will come to an end in Cup, except setback.
He did not want to force his reappearance on Wednesday in Getafe And on the same day of the game he continued to do specific recovery work to reach the final in the best state possible. “Good sensations,” they transmit from the club. And it is that many of Real Madrid's options pass through their boots to win a title and impose FC Barcelona for the first time this season.
To do this, the white team needs whatE Mbappé Recover your best version. That which added 19 goals in January, February and March to recover from a start away from the level he promised, and to which he has returned in the last dates.
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Kylian has not marked for almost a month. Sor last goal, in the double that scored against Leganés on March 29. Since then, five unmarked games and an expulsion against Alavés in minute 38, after an entrance to the wrong thing that was synonymous with frustration.
A performance downturn that also translates to Real Madrid. With two victories, two losses and a draw in the extension in the cup, after losing in the 90 minutes against Real Sociedad. A balance that leaves Real Madrid four points from FC Barcelona in the League and eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
And it was precisely after this elimination whenfrom Mbappé He heard the first whistles. It was in the 75th minute, when he left the field, with 1-1 on the scoreboard and 1-4 in the global, after a duel with Declan Rice that caused a slight sprain in the right ankle.
He left the pitch with a single shot, from outside the area and far from the goal defended by David Raya, and without being able to lead an attempt of Madrid's comeback that was generated in the atmosphere of the previous days and languished in the grass of Santiago Bernabéu for the little football of Carlo Ancelotti.
The Cup Final, Top Flexion
A hard defeat, feeling far from Arsenal, which makes The Copa del Rey D finalE this Saturday becomes more importance if possible. For the Real Madrid season, for the immediate future of Carlo Ancelotti and for the environment that surrounds Mbappé in the remainder of the season.
French vHe forgot to listen to Pitos when he was shown in the Santiago Bernabéu videomarker while watching Real Madrid-Athetic Club in his stadium box with his mother. One of the indicated of the bad moment of the white team and that will be under the magnifying glass in the classic.
Party against FC Barcelona, a rival to which Mbappé HA scored seven goals in six games. Without counting the rivals he has faced for eight seasons in Ligue 1, his favorite rival.
Of course, an inflated statistic of his clashes when he defended the T-shirt of Paris Saint-Germain, with six goals in four games.
In the two in which the shirt of the Real Madrid His performance has been far from the star that led the PSG. Especially in the first, in the Santiago Bernabéu.
Eight times the Frenchman fell off. And erred three hand to hand before Iñaki Peña that could change the future of a match that ended with FC Barcelona (0-4).
90 minutes in which he demonstrated the lack of confidence that flooded him in his first months in the Real Madrid. Until “Background” in San Mamés on December 4. Somewhat canceled offside and a failed penalty. Weeks later he recognized his problems and lifted his head.
So much that he scored, in the first three months of 2025, 19 of the 33 goals he adds as a Real Madrid player. The first, against FC Barcelona in the Saudi Arabia classic in which he opened the scoring, but with his goal he preceded four in 33 minutes of the Barca team.
He improved his image, but Real Madrid did not. And this SaturdayMbappé He faces his third Real Madrid-FC Barcelona classic in the focus for his low performance and for not assuming gallons in the attempted attempt against Arsenal.
