Miami – Kylian Mbappé has timed its introduction in the FIFA Club World Cup perfectly.
Less than 24 hours after his companion superstar of football Erling Haaland annulled the competition after the surprising defeat of Manchester City against Al Hilal, the Real Madrid striker received a hero welcome after returning from the disease in the middle of the second half of the 16 crash of Real Madrid against Juventus in Miami. Real Madrid won 1-0.
Just when Real Madrid appeared ready for the quarterfinals after taking the lead on Tuesday, with a possible clash against the winners of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain, waiting in the semifinals, Mbappé finally entered the fray in this competition.
How big is that? Well, the “Mbappé, Mbappé” songs of Real Madrid's followers of Real Madrid of White Clison inside the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami sounded like the crowd in a “rocky” movie. Mbappé was the player who everyone wanted to see, even only heating in the band line, so his 23 -minute departure was good news for everyone, apart from Real's opponents. Madrid was strong and largely without problems by a poor Juventus team, but Mbappé's return to action will only make them stronger.
His presence will also be welcomed by FIFA, who will always want the main names of the game to be at the forefront of their competitions. This tournament, which has been affected by severe climate and disappointing assistance in many games, needs the largest stars to capture the public's imagination.
The absence of Mbappé until, as a result of acute gastroenteritis, he has denied the Club World Cup to a player who could be the only rival at this time in the affirmation of Lamine Yamal to be the number 1 footballer in the world. Yamal is not here in the United States, of course.
LaLiga Barcelona champions did not qualify for the Club World Cup, so Lionel Messi enjoyed their time at the Inter Miami career towards the qualifying stages, Haaland and Mbappé have been the players who have justified the greatest attention. And Mbappé, due to his illness, has had to observe from the barrier while Messi, Haaland and others have created the magical moments that can boost the state of a player on the world stage.
The International of France, who was briefly hospitalized as a result of his condition last month, was also forced to wait for his opportunity to demonstrate his value as the main man under the new coach Xabi Alonso.
The new manager again reiterated before this game that Mbappé is expected to work as hard for the team as any other player. It sounds quite simple, but other coaches, in particular, Luis Enrique de Psg, have tried and have not been able to make Mbappé do exactly that, so Alonso gets the best of the 26 -year -old is something that we have all been waiting for during the Club World Cup.
And although Gonzalo García sealed the truth victory with his third goal in four games in this competition, the 21 -year -old will not keep Mbappé out of the team. Mbappé will play, but how he plays and if he offers the work rate Alonso demands is the problem that may be clearer in the games ahead.
The Mbappé link game with Júnior Vinícius after replacing Garcia was acute and Mbappé also moved through the front line in search of the ball, but the goal that he and the crowd would have wished did not materialize. The precipitated cross of Trent Alexander-Arnold for García's headed goal, the first goal participation of the former Liverpool defender for his new club, showed the type of delivery that Mbappé will probably prosper this season.
With Alexander-Arnold, Vinícius, working closely with him in the final third and creativity of Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde, Mbappé will get endless scoring scores and will do it better than the 43 goals in 56 games he recorded in his first season in Madrid after his free agent after PSG's opportunities a year ago.
While Mbappé watched from the bank, Madrid was close to scoring through Bellingham, Valverde, Dean Huijsen and Arda Güler. But for goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio making several crucial salvations, Juventus would have lost by a heavier margin.
But I needed García's 54 -minute header to seal the victory and a quarter -final crash against Monterrey or Borussia Dortmund in New Jersey on Saturday. Monterrey would secure a Real Madrid meeting for Sergio Ramos, who now plays for the Mexican team, while Dortmund progresses that game would see Bellingham face the younger brother Jobe for the first time in a professional game.
Therefore, there will be many potential headlines when Real Next arrives in the field, but Mbappé is able to claim the greatest.
The star man of Real Madrid is back and will want to recover the lost time in the Club World Cup.
