In a duel that faces two leaders as powerful as
Florentino Pérez and Nasser Al-Khelaifi
, two prestigious coaches like
Carlo Ancelotti
and
Mauricio Pochettino
, two of the best footballers of the last decade like
Karim Benzema
and
Neymar Júnior
, and that has in
Leo Messi
the winner of seven Golden Balls, all eyes are on
Kylian Mbappé
.
The great protagonist of this
Real Madrid-PSG
, the war of two worlds for the dominance of the
new football
and for the future of today's greatest football star.
Smiling and with no apparent limp after the heavy blow suffered in training on Monday, Mbappé went out yesterday to warm up at the
Santiago Bernabéu
.
He was the most anticipated image of the day, the week and the season.
He took a few steps, raised his eyes to the sky of Chamartín and
was stunned by the remodeling works of the stadium
.
So much so that he began to comment on them with members of the coaching staff and with some teammates, including Messi, who also looked up.
In the stands,
Al-Khelaifi had a serious conversation with Leonardo
, the Parisian club's sporting director, and with Pochettino, who pointed out with interest the structure that will serve to support the roof of the New Bernabéu.
The plan of the Madrid board is to launch the reform with
Mbappé dressed in white
, something that will still have to wait.
In
France
, the pressure for the attacker born in Paris is maximum.
On his shoulders falls all the insistence of the stands, which would not forgive him for fleeing to Spain without having won the Champions League, that of
the French Government
, which has also been involved in the talks to convince him, and of a directive that does not stop in its determination to have the greatest French football star playing for his team during the
World Cup in Qatar
.
a respectful silence
Despite everything,
Kylian and his family hold
on .
They have not decided in public, but they analyze their steps in private.
After his
statements in the summer
asking to leave came the
respectful silence
since the eighth confrontation was known.
Neymar
appeared in the press room at the Bernabéu
, not him, and he did not give interviews prior to the tie so as not to heat things up even more.
June will dictate an official sentence, but the parties are already taking sides: «
It seems to me that Messi, with seven Ballon d'Ors, is the best player in the world
.
Kylian is one of the applicants, ”Pochettino assured yesterday, unexpectedly and unnecessarily forceful.
The 1-0 in Paris was caused by Mbappé and the city and the board are still waiting for Messi to appear.
The Argentine has shone dropper this season.
He has barely produced in the League and yes in the Champions League, a territory in which his legend (he has won three) is PSG's great asset to approach the history of Madrid, which has raised four since the Argentine's debut.
And that is
the other reality of the duel
.
Adding names, the Parisian team accumulates an
offensive talent
incomparable to almost any team in the world, has spent tens of millions in all positions of its lineup and flirts with the collusion of
UEFA's financial
fair play
.
On the other side appears a Madrid in transition, with a veteran backbone and a fifth of half-exploited youngsters who, despite all their known flaws, managed to reach the semi-finals last year.
"We respect Madrid, a club that has 13 Champions," Pochettino said.
"
It is always special to play against Madrid in the European Cup
", highlighted Neymar, who added that "it is a stadium with an
incredible history
".
Phrases that put a stop to the French euphoria and divine the Madridista mystique.
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