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Team News: Mbappe holds fatalism and insists that he is happy that his friend wins the Champions League

3:43pm, 19 August 2025Football

Hupu, August 19th, French Media Newspaper wrote a front-page column of Mbappe today to analyze the status of their French national team captain in Real Madrid's new season.

No matter what, the appointment of Xavi Alonso will not have much impact on Mbappe's overall tactics and schedule.

He admired Ancelotti's management style and was delighted by the tactical style and state of his successor. Most importantly, he intends to keep himself efficient in front of the door.

Last season, only two clubs were able to stop Mbappe from scoring in La Liga: Athletic Bilbao and Valencia.

He only fought with Athletic Bilbao once, on December 4, 2024, losing 1-2 to Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames Stadium. He lost a penalty at the time and later admitted in an interview with Clique program that he "falls to the bottom."

With the upgrade of Oviedo, Levante and Elche, five teams in the La Liga have never allowed Mbappe to score.

But Mbappe scored the most goals for Real Madrid so far in the match against Barcelona: a total of 5 goals in all competitions. However, Barcelona is Mbappe's only opponent who has never beaten in the domestic field and this season, they may once again be a major obstacle to the former Paris Saint-Germain's goal in La Liga and the Champions League (his other goal).

Catalans are not unique. Other strong teams competing for European championships include Paris Saint-Germain. As soon as Mbappe left the capital, Paris Saint-Germain secured the championship.

Even though this situation and the response it caused were unacceptable, the Frenchman had a fatalism about it. He believes he started out in Paris in some way and has repeatedly stated on public and private occasions that he is happy for his friends, especially Ashraf Hakimi.

He was far away from the European continent and spent part of his holiday with Hakimi, as if he could finally get off for football better.

These three weeks away from the locker room and practiced some other sports with friends, which was crucial for his recovery after several summers that shortened vacations and reduced preparation time. Therefore, he rejoined the Real Madrid squad on August 4 and completed a routine pre-rematch preparation in Vaucluse a few days ago as his father's instructions.

He weighed almost the same as when he recovered from bedridden gastroenteritis in the United States in June, but his muscles were stronger. Although he is no longer so eager to revenge than last season, he firmly believes that the greatest victory takes time to accumulate, but the French captain still plans to not lose too much weight at the age of 26.

A player of his level cannot bear the pain of missing a major event championship for two consecutive seasons. The same goes for Real Madrid.

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