Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
When the young French international, Kylian Mbappe, 23, renewed his contract with Paris St. But he found that the Brazilian Neymar da Silva enjoys greater acceptance and support in the dressing room. This situation provoked his jealousy and “disturbed his mood” and made the atmosphere in the dressing room hot and threatening to explode at any moment, and revealed that the dispute that occurred between Mbappe and Neymar over the penalty kick in Montpellier’s match “5-2” in the second round of the French League “Ligue Anne”, is bigger and more profound than just a simple kick on the kick and ends as soon as the match ends.
Global website Goal stated that Mbappe was angry, because he considered that what had happened underestimated and marginalized him, even though under his contract he is the leader and the first front of the new sports project for Saint-Germain.
Mbappe wanted to have a major role in the scenes and in the dressing room, but Neymar succeeded in pulling the rug out from under his feet, and helped that the new coach Christophe Galtier did not resolve the issue of penalty kicks and direct free kicks, but left it to the circumstances of each match. , although he indicated earlier that Mbappe is number one and Neymar is number two.
Everyone knows that when Mbappe apologized for not accepting Real Madrid’s offer, he was imagining that he would have more importance in Saint-Germain, not only on the field but also in the scenes, but he did not feel that there had been any significant change over the days, but rather he saw that Neymar started He takes a place more and more than him, on the pitch and in the dressing room, with the endorsement and support of big stars such as Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos and Marquinhos.
The fact of the matter is that Neymar’s position at the group level and his involvement and harmony with most of the players since the beginning of the preparation period before the new season, is what put him in the forefront, in addition to that he was keen to commit to training and matches and contributed a great role in the team’s victories and gained a better position in the dressing room.
After Mbappe was dealing with Neymar as a great star and a “reference”, he turned into a “harm factor” due to the increasing respect that Neymar enjoys from his colleagues, as the vast majority of players view the samba star as the real leader. Technically” inside the dressing room, even if the “captain” badge was carried by his compatriot Marquinhos.
And the numbers at the beginning of the season prove to what extent the owner of the No. 10 shirt succeeded in being more influential with the team than anyone else, as he scored 5 goals and made 3 in just 3 matches, at a time when Mbappe started this season dull because he did not play a cup match. The “domestic super” champions due to suspension, then did not play the first round match in the league due to a muscle injury, and his first match was Montpellier last Saturday, during which he scored a goal and missed a penalty kick.
Mbappe’s colleagues view his current situation and impatience as a negative thing that harms the team as a whole, and loses it strength and confidence in itself, which directly affects the team’s cohesion and results at a time when Saint-Germain seeks to achieve the big dream of winning the European Champions League.
