Kylian Mbappe could not have chosen a better time to score his first hat trick at home for Real Madrid than to place Los Blancos in the last 16 of the Champions League by beating Manchester City 6-3 on aggregated. Mbappe opened the score in the fourth minute of a 3-1 victory and continued to beat Manchester City with agile accents and strong finishes on the way to an emphatic victory.
If this is playing, it is clear what Real Madrid’s Potential can be with Mbappe and that is one of the best teams in the world. The front three of Vinicius JuniorMbappe and Rodrygo Balans now has Mbappe sticking to central areas instead of driving left and one of these players can harm a team if they get the space. It is a balance that few teams in the world can match and why, again, Los Blancos are among the leading contenders to win the Champions League.
That was not similar because Mbappe was slow in the integration in the club, but with six goals in his last four Champions League matches, where the former PSG man creates the number nine on his back.
“I said it in press conferences, I didn’t come here to play badly. Filling my dream was one thing, but I want to play well, make my stamp and write history at Real Madrid,” Mbappe told Movistar after the game. “I knew that I had to play with personality and the adjustment period is over. Now I have to show my quality.”
On this point, the goals speak for themselves for Mbappe with 28 in all competitions, but beating City felt different. His first goal was a first-touch film to take advantage Ederson Being out of position to put Madrid only four minutes in advance.
For the second act of Mbappe, he was able to conclude a team movement in which Fede Valverde, Vini Jr. And Rodrygo were involved, where City didn’t even know who to mark. This is a good example of what makes Madrid so dangerous with Mbappe that leads the line.
The Frenchman would save his best for the last time, because the city defense closed him, but he would not be denied his hat trick. While closing, the defense could not close quickly enough to stop him before a powerful finish ederson defeated another goal.
If this is the Mbappe that teams will regularly see its adjustment period, the only team that can stop Real Madrid is exactly what was expected when Mbappe was joined in the summer.