2023-12-18 06:05:25
Kylian Mbappé scored the only Parisian goal, from the penalty spot, against LOSC (1-1) on Sunday evening during the closing match of the 16th day of Ligue 1. But the attitude and performance of the Parisian striker did not not convinced Daniel Riolo, who expects much more from the Frenchman while questioning his use by Luis Enrique.
As much by his attitude as by his positioning, Kylian Mbappé did not convince Daniel Riolo. Scorer from the penalty spot against LOSC (1-1) this Sunday during the 16th day of Ligue 1, the Parisian striker still seemed grumpy during the meeting, as he had been at the end of the match on Wednesday in Dortmund.
“What happened to make him look like he’s tired of playing football?”
If he finds the permanent fumbling of Luis Enrique, whom he compares to Géo Trouvetou, “unbearable”, Daniel Riolo questions the recent performances of Kylian Mbappé. “We are celebrating one day to the day since the lost World Cup final, where Mbappé was on the roof of the world because his level was so stratospheric. One year later, what happened to that he gives the impression of being tired of playing football? In this calendar year 2023, overall, he is not great”, estimated the editorialist during After Foot on RMC this Sunday.
Thanks to his achievement, Kylian Mbappé scored his 16th goal of the season in Ligue 1. But the statistics don’t tell everything. “The record, in relation to the requirements and what is expected of him, is average with even points where he is not good at all, which should not happen. He is sometimes even exasperating, which is more embarrassing”, noted Daniel Riolo about the captain of the France team. “And from time to time, he still shows you that he still has something, that’s all he would miss… His year disappointed me and the match against LOSC was absolutely terrible.”
Mbappé’s attitude and defensive withdrawal singled out
Against the Mastiffs, Luis Enrique experimented again by fielding four professional midfielders. As for Kylian Mbappé, he “plays where he decides” according to the Spanish coach. “What is a player who does what he wants? If we really follow Luis Enrique in a line of reasoning that I don’t like, it inevitably disturbs the others. They don’t really know where to stand if this guy does as he wants. Besides, it’s not true that he goes to the left, most of the time he was in the axis,” Riolo noted about Mbappé’s positioning.
“Is that where Mbappé’s frustration comes from? I don’t know. He’s still a professional player and his attitude is deplorable this evening,” continued Riolo. “In the folds, there is nothing, he pretends. When he goes to defend on a guy, he does it so badly by fouling every time with a bad mind.”
“We insult this position of 9,” says Riolo
With the departures of Lionel Messi and Neymar last summer, Kylian Mbappé became – practically – the only head of the Parisian project. But his alignment at the forefront of the attack may raise questions, especially since PSG have recruited Randal Kolo Muani and Gonçalo Ramos for this position. “They recruited two attackers and put 180 million euros on the table for two 9s and they are not playing,” recalled Riolo, not convinced by the fact that Mbappé could be a good number 9.
“We put Mbappé in 9. We can talk about it for 10 minutes that Mbappé was bad and that his attitude was terrible, there is no problem. As he is accustomed to high standards… Especially since the team did the housekeeping for him, that everything is going well and the club has rebuilt a new state of mind. Once we say all that, I have the right to ask myself if the way he is used is normal? I can’t understand that there are more and more people who consider that it’s a good 9, Riolo asked himself again. He doesn’t have the movements of a 9, he doesn’t take a head ball, he doesn’t play first intention”, detailed the He was not trained in 9, why would he become one? We insult this position of 9, which has nevertheless made our football great, it’s as if it means nothing.”
On Wednesday, at the Parc des Princes, PSG will play the last match of the 2023 calendar year against Metz. Then, in this same venue, the Parisians will start 2024 with the Champions Trophy, against Toulouse, on January 3. Next year, with the Euro and the Paris Olympic Games, promises to be important for Kylian Mbappé, who will also have to decide on his future.
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