The relationship between Luis Enrique y Mbappé, drawn on a stock market chart, would have the peaks and valleys traced by a nervous pulse overloaded with caffeine. One day it seems that the Asturian manages the capricious character of the French forward with the paternal hand of the one he has already treated with idols on the pedestal. Another, like this Sunday, gives the feeling that the idyll is fragile like a drop of rain. It’s a song that doesn’t stop playing this season. Mbappé does not play everything with Luis Enrique and that, with stars of his caliber, is usually gunpowder that detonates making a lot of noise.
In the French classic, PSG was quickly winning against Marseilles (0-1) when the Spanish coach, with more than 25 minutes to play and one man less due to the expulsion of the defender Beraldo, dared to order a daring substitution. In fact, he made three at a time. He removed Fabian Ruiza Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappé. The cameras, mischievously, focused on Mbappé, who made faces. He did not hide his displeasure. A new chapter of a repeated mess was opening.
When the game ended, they asked Luis Enrique about the French star’s reaction and he, exasperated, responded in his own way, which is none other than appealing to his coaching credentials. Certainly, he didn’t like having the topic brought up: “Did you say you understood my decision? Well, if that wasn’t the case, I don’t care,” he said, releasing a very characteristic laugh. “It’s the same music every week… It’s very tiring. I’m the coach, I make the decisions every day and I will do the same every week until my last day in Paris. I always try to find the best solution for my team.”
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Mbappé did not open his mouth after the meeting, but he posted a photo on Instagram that allows a lot of literature to be written about the differences between coach and star. He is seen from behind in the rain of the Marseille Velodrome and the bracelet in his hand, already off his arm, at the moment of being replaced. If it was intended to be a metaphor for his anger, it seems quite successful.
The events proved Luis Enrique’s sporting right. Gonçalo Ramos, Mbappé’s substitute, sealed the victory with the second goal (0-2). The Frenchman also received a poor grade from L’Equipe, the leading sports newspaper in France, a 3, the lowest of all of PSG, which is on its way to achieving its tenth league title in the last 12 years. Both he and Dembélé went to the locker room after the change. They didn’t stay on the bench.
L’Equipe has accused Mbappé of having the third high-level match (including the two with France) in which he appears disconnected and lacking rhythm. Disturbing for Parisian interests ahead of the first leg of the Champions League against Barça, in 10 days.
Of the last seven league games with PSG, Mbappé has only played the full 90 minutes in one of them. He went against Montpellier and scored a hat-trick. Luis Enrique He has been reducing the prominence of his star since his departure at the end of the season, presumably to Madrid, and substitutions or substitutions have become common. In the Champions League it is something else: there he has played everything. It is not advisable to raise hopes from Barcelona.
Curiously, before the new mess, in the run-up to the match against Marseille, Luis Enrique “Why would it be the last (French classic)? I still hope Kylian changes his mind. He hasn’t said anything yet. He can change his mind. Let’s imagine that we win all four titles this season and Kylian decides at the last moment that his place is in Paris. Why not? “We’ll see,” he said this Saturday.
Quite a contrast when a few weeks ago he took his departure for granted. “I can only wish Kylian all the best for the future. He is an incredible player and an even better person. I wish him the best of the best.” In fact, the relationship between the two seems built on shocks, like the graphs of a volatile company in the stock market.
2024-04-01 15:19:45
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