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After winning the European Super Cup on Wednesday, Kylian Mbappé made his La Liga debut with Real Madrid, at the forefront of the attack in a 4-3-3, contrary to what Marca had announced.
Despite the highly intelligent football that Spain has been offering in recent times (victory at Euro 2024 and then at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games), Iberian journalists still have difficulty being precise when it comes to tactical choices. Brandwhich is nevertheless the country’s leading sports newspaper, has been offering a festival of errors for a few days, while Kylian Mbappé’s Real Madrid won the European Super Cup against Atalanta (2-0) on Wednesday, and La Liga offers the Merengues a first match in Mallorca on Sunday.
Before the clash against the Bergamo team, Brand
had thus announced Mbappé as a right winger (!) and Rodrygo at the forefront of the attack in a 4-2-3-1 with Jude Bellingham up front. Completely improbable and ultimately false. For the championship debut in the Balearic Islands, the Madrid newspaper this time displayed, on Sunday morning, a probable line-up still in 4-2-3-1 with Bellingham supporting Mbappé. Missed again! You really have to do it on purpose…
Mbappé takes the “BMV”
Unsurprisingly, Carlo Ancelotti did not touch his tactical system between the first two games of the season, namely a 4-3-3 with the “BMV” up front (Vinicius on the left, obviously). Jude Bellingham, number 10 last year in a 4-4-2 diamond, is kept as a left relay, to the left of Aurélien Tchouaméni and with Federico Valverde as a right winger. This was visible from the first seconds of the game against the Majorcans, under the eyes of the great Real supporter Rafael Nadal, a native of the island.
Real’s defense also remains unchanged with Thibaut Courtois in goal, the central hinge Eder Militao-Antonio Rüdiger and the full-backs Dani Carvajal and Ferland Mendy. On the bench of the Spanish and European champion, we find in particular Luka Modric, Brahim Diaz, Arda Güler or Endrick. David Alaba and Eduardo Camavinga are the only unavailable players.
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