Mbappé victim of an overdose?

Is Kylian Mbappé out of his depth? This is one of the many questions that observers are asking themselves on Friday evening, after the French team’s stinging defeat against Italy (1-3), in the group stage of the Nations League. Once again transparent, the captain of the Blues put in a performance in line with those offered during Euro 2024. A more than mediocre match for the Bondynois, and now a certain concern shared by a good number of observers.

Saturday in The TeamReal Madrid’s new striker was left with a scathing 3/10 rating. And the day before, some of the sports media’s journalists and consultants were even harsher. The question that needs to be asked is: ‘Will we ever see Mbappé again?’  » asked Hugo Guillemet. And the journalist continued:  » At the Euro, the excuse was his athletic form, I hear. But since he’s been at Real, we know he’s in good shape, Deschamps said it in a press conference, he’s better, he’s in good shape, he’s very happy with his athletic and physical form. And in fact, what we see in tonight’s match (Friday) is that his touch on the ball is catastrophic. […] Orders are evaluated every other time. Personal initiative prices are unfortunate. So it seemed complicated to me. »

« Where has the competitor Mbappé gone? »

Same story for his colleague Olivier Ménard: “ I’m starting to doubt. Will our ‘Kiki’ come back? « No better for Ludovic Obraniak:  » Where has the competitor Mbappé gone? The one who told us: ‘You don’t talk to me about age’. When we read the review: ‘Aren’t you happy? It’s triple. Where is that man who shut us up every time we could criticize? I sense he is demotivated. He is no longer concerned. » A series of investigations by Giovanni Castaldi, who recently referred to a reflection by a certain Michel Platini and his predecessors.

Referring to a Kylian Mbappé who was then in full bloom, the legend of French (Site notre bureau spécialisé) calmed the ardor and sent a little message. That’s what I did, and it started today, the memory was just after the 2018 World Cup. Michel Platini, when he was available to be fired up by Kylian Mbappé, said: « OK, speed is important, but the essence of Kylian’s work is also chosen, because the day is always there, plus the speed, the serums are in relief. » And Giovanni Castaldi concludes:  » I can no longer understand the player he is. »

« There is something wrong »

Finally, Bertrand Latour tried to dig a little deeper into the issue, questioning Kylian Mbappé’s mental state. I spend a lot of time on the level between the game and the fact that it is present in several ways, but the sporting conclusions are not reasonable. Someone has chosen to play, that I can not bring you there. He has nothing but a can (…), he has no more flame, no more magic, he has no unique position. So it is in a pool of (Site notre bureau spécialisé), so it is an overdose because he has done so many things. […] I’m in something wrong, I don’t know what it is, without having to worry about it, or after the career, there is a problem. »