On Sunday, Barcelona parked arch-rival Real Madrid both in El Clasico with a 2-0 win and in La Liga with the score that secured the title. This sums up the Madrid club’s last weeks, wading in internal strife. When looking for “scapegoats”, the player with 41 goals in 41 games is ready for grabs.
Real Madrid’s top scorer, Kylian Mbappé, did not make it to El Clasico after his injury, which reportedly caused supporters to hiss. Especially after the Frenchman’s low profile with his actor girlfriend while the club has been struggling.
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Both Marca and AS reflect the frustration after Real Madrid’s latest humiliation when their arch-rivals secured the league title. “One team is champions, the other is in ruins,” writes Marca, which has the headline on the front page “Cheers – without resistance”.
AS’s outspoken editor-in-chief and big Real Madrid fan, Tomás Roncero, is furious. He also reflects the anger many fans have towards Kylian Mbappé. The Frenchman got a “feeling of discomfort” at the end of pre-match training. On social media, the Frenchman is accused of having withdrawn. Roncero believes the Frenchman should at least have joined Barcelona’s team, and is ironic. “But I forgot that the Parisian doesn’t play for Real Madrid, but for Mbappé FC. Fans have understood what he is getting into, and the “trick” was that he wrote “Hello Real Madrid” on Instagram when Barça were already leading 2-0. It was like a bad joke,” Roncero writes.
Even in Cadena SER, Mbappé’s attitude is heavily criticized. “I don’t understand Mbappé’s behavior, not just that message on Instagram, but in the last few weeks. The Frenchman wants something I just can’t fathom,” says the radio channel’s profile Manu Carreño.
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“What he’s done in the last two weeks is completely unacceptable,” says SER’s Real Madrid expert Antonio Romero, probably also referring to the much-publicized vacation trip and argument with an employee at training.
41 goals in 41 games is not enough when your name is Kylian Mbappé with a signing fee of 150 million euros and as the club’s highest paid.
