Kylian Mbappé is not the problem at Real Madrid. These days, after the shock at the Bernabeu against Barça (0-4), the club returned with a new face against AC Milan in the Champions League. The score was certainly less steep, but by losing 3-1 at the Bernabeu, the Madrid giant displayed all its current shortcomings, particularly in defense.

However, Kylian Mbappé crystallizes the criticism. As much because of his poor performance in front of goal as for his lack of defensive effort. And his positioning at the forefront of the Madrid attack is raising more and more questions. “ The problem for me is that Mbappé is not a center forward, Karim Benzema said on Monday. If you have a child with France at number 9, it’s not good, it’s not a position. The problem is that it’s a left, it’s another kid who is at the same level… we can’t pass the wine on the ground or near the center forward. Where it makes the difference is on the left. Let’s see how Ancelotti will do with this. »

The dispute was resolved in Milan in March, but did not confirm the problem. And for Daniel Riolo, the situation is destined for Carlo Ancelotti. “You play without a center forward because – that was the case last year, that’s the case in the French team and that will be the case at Real, I’ve been killing myself saying it for months -, Mbappé n ‘It’s here and there’s a number 9,’ he first recalled.

“Kylian Mbappé, either it’s on the left or it’s on the bench”

“Just like other prisoners are in prison, Ancelotti is in prison. I wrote a sentence that was repeated 150 times: Mbappé, therefore it is left, therefore it is on the bench, he thundered. And on the left, there are better than him at the moment since Vinicius has the privilege of seniority and performances, so it’s going to go to the bench because it can’t be otherwise. It’s not a 9, it’s on the bench (Rodrygo, Editor’s note) and it’s a fair game. Should Ancelotti make a decision? The real one is a big club and capable of assuming a decision that can only be made as long as it continues like this. »

However, there is another problem with Real Madrid.
“If they don’t succeed by putting in Rodyrgo, by taking out Mbappé to find a team built in a similar way to that of last year, that will then mean that we are at the end of the cycle, he blurted out. This is a serious moment in the history of the club. When you are full of victories, when you have won so many Champions Leagues, all these players have had so much success, it happens that you are supplanted by others who have the right to work well. It’s time for us to see the best of Barça or Liverpool. That the finish comes to this point, the fall of Ancelotti, is this: what does it mean? Because he’s doing some weird stuff right now. »