Despite a great performance from Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid were left with another draw on Sunday on the pitch in Girona.
Real Madrid is no longer moving forward. Traveling to Girona, the Madrid giant seemed to be able to move forward after their two draws in a row against Ray Vallecano and against Elche. Alas, the Merengue were left with another draw (1-1), four days after their complicated victory on the Olympiakos pitch (3-4).
And on Sunday, Real Madrid lost more than two points. Xabi Alonso’s men also gave up the reins of Ligue 1 to FC Barcelona, winner of Alaves on Saturday. After being up to five points ahead of its rival at the start of the month, the Madrid club is now one point behind and Villarreal and Atletico Madrid follow respectively one and two lengths.
Necessarily singled out, Xabi Alonso called for unity.
“During a season, there are different phases. There were times, especially early on, where we were consistent. And lately there are more complicated phases,” he said at a press conference, adding: “I have nothing to reproach my players. I liked their reaction. It wasn’t enough, but we were close to the goal. We must continue with the unity we have, with sufficient self-criticism, which is necessary. With the desire to win away, which has affected us a lot in this calendar. »
Mbappé has scored 56% of Real Madrid’s goals
The Madrilenians nonetheless showed a sad face on Sunday, with only Kylian Mbappé, scorer of the equalizing goal from a penalty, being able to escape criticism. The Bondynois appeared particularly active, multiplying high-class gestures and being very close to snatching victory in added time.
“Mbappé was the only striker to understand the needs of his team at every moment, also wrote
Brand in its columns. A fantastic performance from Kylian, who refused to give up. He is hungry to win, and that is one of the few positives for Real Madrid. »
Thanks to his new goal, Kylian Mbappé scored his 23e goal of the season in all competitions, or 56% of the 41 goals compiled by Real Madrid this season. For comparison, Vinicius caps at 5 goals and Rodrygo has 30e scoreless match with Real. In the history of Real, only Mariano Diaz has done worse.
