MADRID-, After years of waiting, Kylian Mbappé will wear white and Real Madrid, lacking a natural goal scorer from the start of Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzemawill have a new offensive trident Mbappé-Bellingham-Viniciuscapable of making Europe tremble.
After Zidane-Figo-Beckham-Ronaldo and Benzema-Bale-Cristiano, Real Madrid has some new galacticos who, ‘a priori’, are emerging as one of the best attacks in the world.
And at 25 years old, Mbappé, who did not complement himself with Neymar and Messi at PSG, will undoubtedly be the visible head of this trio of young stars along with Jude Bellingham, 20, and Vinicius, 23.
The 2018 world champion will try to imitate the exploits of his idol, Cristiano Ronaldo, who together with Bale and Benzema led Real Madrid to win three consecutive Champions Leagues under Zinédine Zidane (2016, 2017, 2018).
Both on the field and in the locker room, French, English and Brazilian must coexist to open a new era in the successful history of the merengue club, through which multiple stars have passed without all of them being able to succeed.
Challenge for Ancelotti
A tall challenge for Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, who has the tactical knowledge to elucidate how to make them play and the personality to direct them in the locker room.
His long experience in managing talents and egos in Milan, Chelsea, PSG or Bayern Munich will come in handy to get the most out of this promising association and avoid a possible battle of the ‘cocks’ within the team.
Used as a number 9 at PSG, Mbappé will surely have to make some concessions to integrate into the 4-4-2 diamond system built around Bellingham, which has allowed Real Madrid to have a great season – with League and Champions titles – despite the departure of Benzema.
He will probably have to start by leaving his left side to Vinicius to occupy the right axis of the attack, where he shone in the 2018 World Cup.
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Include Rodrygo
The other option that Ancelotti could use, more offensive, would be to delay Bellingham a little to allow Rodrygo to join Vinicius and Mbappé on the right.
And, although he has become a scorer since his arrival at Real Madrid, the Birmingham Golden Boy is still an offensive midfielder accustomed to playing with other stars in attack, whether it was the Norwegian Erling Haaland at Dortmund, or in the national team. English with Harry Kane.
Vinicius, who with the help of Ancelotti has gone from being a very irregular winger to an elite attacker capable of breaking down any defense, could also benefit from the presence of Mbappé on the field.
The Brazilian would no longer be seen as the main threat to be reduced by rival teams, who would also have to look the other way.
Team with future
“The good guys have to play. The important thing is that a balance is maintained,” Ancelotti stated at a press conference on February 17, hinting that he would have to find a way to combine his figures.
“For me the most important thing in a team is two things, quality and balance. If you are able to combine these two things, you will be successful,” he said.
The arrival of Mbappé also represents another step in the generational renewal of the effective ‘merengue’, which is little by little getting rid of its oldest players to make way for the young ones.
This season, Kroos, who announced his retirement, and Modric have left more and more space in the midfield for Camavinga, Valverde or Tchouaméni.
So much talent is reminiscent, in fact, of the galactic era of Real Madrid at the beginning of the 2000s, but compared to the Figo, Beckham or Zidane who arrived in almost their thirties, the new stars still have a long journey ahead of them to continue harvesting. successes.
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Source: AFP
