Kylian Mbappé took off the mufa: great definition and great goal for Real Madrid against Girona

With the triumph of real Madrid in view of Girona in Montilivi, on the 16th of the LaLiga 2024/25Carlo Ancelotti and company only wanted one thing: the appearance of Kylian Mbappé. The French striker, erratic, lacking confidence, was not having a good night, but he scored a great goal to make it 3-0 and ignited the hope of finally starting his first season as a Real Madrid player.

Beyond what Kiki accumulated 10 goals in 20 games in the course (Atalanta, Betis x2 -one penalty-, Real Sociedad -penalty-, Stuttgart, Espanyol -penalty-, Alavés, Celta, Leganés and Getafe), the penalties missed in the defeats against Liverpool and Athletic Bilbao They had put him in the eye of the storm.

Before the visit to Girona, Ancelotti had acknowledged that Mbappé was not showing his best version and that the footballer himself knew it, as he himself had pointed out. And during the match in Montilivi, the dynamics of the former PSG scorer did not seem to change. Assisted by Jude Bellingham and company, the 2018 Russia world champion failed to finish or was well contained by the red and white defense.

Until, at 62 minutesshortly after Arda Guler scored 2-0 and Bellingham was injured, He completed a counterattack from the visit well handled by Luka Modric, who with great subtlety and quality assisted him so that Mbappé defined a cross and beat Paulo Gazzaniga.

The Argentine goalkeeper won the next personal duel, a few minutes later, but Mbappé already showed a different face, with more confidence, as if relieved after being the target of some criticism.

At 80 minutes, Ancelotti replaced Mbappé with Endrick, giving his star a few minutes of rest, on the eve of Vinícius Junior’s return, next Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League, in the reissue of the last European Super Cup.